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.

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力使人们能够直观地与增强现实技术互动。目前，增强现实输入模式可能非常不可靠，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。该公司正在提出一种设备，通过允许增强现实制造商制作更复杂、更有意义的应用程序，可能会克服这种交互障碍。该设备将把人的手变成光标，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配合使用，预计将在教育、医疗、国防和制造业等领域获得潜在应用。该公司正在构建一个用于增强现实输入的界面，为增加增强现实内容的差异化道路铺平道路。这项技术可以实现信息的快速交流，其速度介于在电脑上打字和物理上说话的速度之间，从而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可靠和实用的手腕佩戴的近红外传感器网络来实现，该网络将改进输入数据的捕获。与目前的设备不同，这项技术不会受到摄像头有限的视场或障碍物或其他可穿戴输入捕获设备的不可靠性的阻碍。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。