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Lenovo’s Releases ThinkReality A3 for Mixed Reality Commercial Applications
Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3 looks close to a pair of contemporary prescription glasses, apart from their lenses and nose bridge, which collectively hold three cameras. A3 comes in two versions: An Industrial Edition, designed for fully portable use with Lenovo’s Motorola-branded smartphones, and a PC Edition, compatible with Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and mobile workstations.
ThinkReality A3’s has established ThinkReality software/services platform and offer a “safe” AR adoption solution for businesses of all sizes and types. Lenovo produces not only mixed reality headsets but also the computing devices they depend upon for local processing and data, as well as the enterprise-class services that support the hardware. When used with a PC, ThinkReality A3 enables fairly basic functionality. Lenovo expects that the glasses will offer enterprises heightened privacy, expanded productivity, and greater immersion — the latter particularly when used with architectural, engineering, and finance applications built with mixed reality hooks. Enterprise users working from home or in public will also be able to visualize data without unknowingly sharing it with observers. Tethered to a smartphone, the Industrial Edition will compete against solutions such as Nreal Light and is intended to help enterprises deploy “mixed reality applications and content on a global scale, with global support.”
ThinkReality A3 works with Motorola smartphones made with Qualcomm Snapdragon 800-series chips and PCs built with Intel or AMD Ryzen processors. The glasses contain their own Snapdragon XR1 chipset, which powers stereoscopic 1080p displays, a central 1080p camera to share live video with remote experts, and a SLAM room-scale tracking system with left- and right-mounted fisheye cameras. They tether to phones or PCs with a USB-C cable and require DisplayPort capability for high-speed sharing of visual content. Lenovo will begin selling ThinkReality A3 in mid-2021. Pricing details are not yet available.
Figure 1: Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3
Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3 looks close to a pair of contemporary prescription glasses, apart from their lenses and nose bridge, which collectively hold three cameras. A3 comes in two versions: An Industrial Edition, designed for fully portable use with Lenovo’s Motorola-branded smartphones, and a PC Edition, compatible with Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and mobile workstations.
ThinkReality A3’s has established ThinkReality software/services platform and offer a “safe” AR adoption solution for businesses of all sizes and types. Lenovo produces not only mixed reality headsets but also the computing devices they depend upon for local processing and data, as well as the enterprise-class services that support the hardware. When used with a PC, ThinkReality A3 enables fairly basic functionality. Lenovo expects that the glasses will offer enterprises heightened privacy, expanded productivity, and greater immersion — the latter particularly when used with architectural, engineering, and finance applications built with mixed reality hooks. Enterprise users working from home or in public will also be able to visualize data without unknowingly sharing it with observers. Tethered to a smartphone, the Industrial Edition will compete against solutions such as Nreal Light and is intended to help enterprises deploy “mixed reality applications and content on a global scale, with global support.”
ThinkReality A3 works with Motorola smartphones made with Qualcomm Snapdragon 800-series chips and PCs built with Intel or AMD Ryzen processors. The glasses contain their own Snapdragon XR1 chipset, which powers stereoscopic 1080p displays, a central 1080p camera to share live video with remote experts, and a SLAM room-scale tracking system with left- and right-mounted fisheye cameras. They tether to phones or PCs with a USB-C cable and require DisplayPort capability for high-speed sharing of visual content. Lenovo will begin selling ThinkReality A3 in mid-2021. Pricing details are not yet available.
Figure 1: Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3
The ThinkReality A3 smart glasses can provide virtual monitors, 3D visualization, augmented reality (AR) assisted workflows and immersive training. The glasses tether to a PC or select Motorola smartphones via a USB-C cable. They can be enhanced with industrial frame options for safer and more durable use, are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Platform and feature stereoscopic 1080p displays presenting the user with up to 5 virtual displays. An 8MP RGB camera provides 1080p video for remote expert use cases while the dual fish-eye cameras provide room-scale tracking.