Everysight sees the Raptor as just the beginning.
In a hotel suite a few blocks away from our breezy (but slightly sweaty) bike tour, Ovadia walked me through an interface the company’s been working on: An Android-based menu of apps, widgets, and animated icons that a wearer navigates by moving their head to the left or right. A dot-shaped pointer expanded when I rested my gaze on an app icon — Ovadia had me look straight ahead at a mock-up Facebook app that expanded into a timeline of status updates.
Everysight’s testing third-party apps on the new interface, too. I tried a version of Sky Map, a digital planetarium optimized for Everysight’s new software. As I looked upward toward the sky, I could see a star chart overlay of labeled constellations, planets, and other solar points of interest.
“We see it as a concept that will evolve over time,” Ovadia added. “We’re thinking about apps that overlay data on top of the real world. You can imagine digital arrows in the distance over recommended restaurants, or makers that show what parking spots are available.”
Everysight, which is developing a slimmer, sleeker pair of augmented reality glasses intended for a broader audience, plans to release a software development kit later this year. It does have its work cut out for it, however — weak sales and controversies forced the uber-massive Google to can Glass, its take on an everyday AR display.
Everysight’s intent on avoiding its forebear’s pitfalls, with Ovadia ending our conversation by saying, “We’re hard at work on it and we’ll take all of the feedback under careful consideration.”
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