SBIR Phase I: Overcoming interaction barriers in augmented reality via wearable multimodal sensing

SBIR 第一阶段：通过可穿戴多模态传感克服增强现实中的交互障碍

• 批准号: 2322424
• 负责人: Tyler Chen
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: SKYWALK INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322424&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Overcoming; interaction; barriers

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project enables people to intuitively interact with augmented reality technologies. Currently, augmented reality input modalities can be extremely unreliable, making it nearly impossible to use traditional mouse-and-keyboard applications on these devices. The company is proposing a device that may overcome this interaction barrier by allowing augmented reality manufacturers the ability to make more complex and meaningful applications. The device will turn human hands into cursors, turn any surface into a touchscreen, and unlock new human-computer interactions. Using this device with augmented reality headsets is expected to prove advantageous for potential applications in education, medicine, defense, and manufacturing. The company is building an interface for augmented reality input, paving the way for a differentiated path to increasing augmented reality content. This technology could allow for rapid communication of information at a rate falling between that of typing on a computer and physically speaking, unlocking untapped productivity for users of augmented reality platforms. These outcomes will be met through the development of a reliable and functional wrist-worn, near-infrared sensor network that will improve the capture of input data. Unlike current devices, this technology is not hindered by the cameras' limited field of view or obstructions, or by the unreliability of other wearable input capture devices.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力使人们能够直观地与增强现实技术进行交互。目前，增强现实输入方式可能非常不可靠，使得在这些设备上使用传统的鼠标和键盘应用程序几乎是不可能的。该公司提出了一种设备，可以通过允许增强现实制造商能够制作更复杂和有意义的应用程序来克服这种交互障碍。该设备将把人手变成光标，把任何表面变成触摸屏，并解锁新的人机交互。将该设备与增强现实耳机一起使用，预计将有利于教育，医学，国防和制造业的潜在应用。该公司正在为增强现实输入构建一个界面，为增加增强现实内容的差异化路径铺平道路。这项技术可以允许以介于计算机上打字和实际说话之间的速度快速传递信息，为增强现实平台的用户释放尚未开发的生产力。这些成果将通过开发一个可靠和功能性的腕戴式近红外传感器网络来实现，该网络将改善输入数据的捕获。与现有设备不同，该技术不受摄像机有限的视野或障碍物的阻碍，也不受其他可穿戴输入捕获设备的不可靠性的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。