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<\/div>\nAmazon has unveiled a prototype of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses designed to be used by its delivery drivers.<\/p>\n
The “Amelia” glasses include a camera and built-in display, and pairs with a waistcoat with a button drivers can press to take photos of deliveries.<\/p>\n
“We’re testing it at a number of locations with over a dozen delivery service partners and hundreds of drivers across the country,” said Beryl Tomay, Amazon’s vice president of Transportation, at a launch event in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n
Amazon is the latest US tech giant to enter an increasingly crowded field of firms experimenting with wearables, but for now it is a product meant for drivers, not customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Although Amazon is still experimenting with the product, it plans to eventually make the smart glasses available to drivers first in North America, then globally.<\/p>\n
Ms Tomay said that drivers “have been doing real deliveries with these” to customers.<\/p>\n
“We custom designed it for that use case,” she added. “There’s a very specific application here.”<\/p>\n
When asked by the BBC if the Amelia smart glasses might be marketed to consumers at some point in the future, Ms Tomay did not rule out the possibility.<\/p>\n
Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta has also experimented with smart glasses in recent years.<\/p>\n
At its Meta Connect conference last month, the company unveiled a range of smart glasses powered by its Meta AI technology, including a pair of Ray-Bans with a built-in display.<\/p>\n
Unlike Amazon, Meta’s smart glasses target the mainstream consumer products market.<\/p>\n
Meta presented the hardware as a technology that allows users to remain more engaged in the real world compared to smartphones.<\/p>\n
For Amazon, the Amelia smart glasses could augment efficiency in the “last mile” of its delivery network.<\/p>\n
Ms Tomay said the smart glasses can detect when they are in a moving vehicle, which prompts them to automatically shut off.<\/p>\n
“From a safety perspective, we thought that was important. No distractions,” Ms Tomay told a group of reporters at an event in California.<\/p>\n
Ms Tomay estimated that the glasses could create up to 30 minutes in efficiencies per 8- to 10-hour shift by minimising repetitive tasks and helping drivers to quickly locate packages in their vehicles.<\/p>\n
The smart glasses also include a hardware switch on the controller that lets the driver turn off the glasses and all of its sensors, including the camera and microphone.<\/p>\n
Drivers “can choose to keep it off,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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