All the cool new gadgets at CES 2016 - Daqri

Daqri

The Daqri Smart Helmet uses its clear plastic panels to project AR, or augmented reality, onto the screen, overlaying a construction worker's view of the real world. That leaves your hands free for more important tasks than things like holding blueprints, such as making sure you've measuring the doorframe properly.

Instead, this gleaming white headpiece is a suave wearable that uses its clear plastic panels not just to protect the eyes of wearers in an industrial landscape, but also to project AR, or augmented reality, onto the screen. The point is to keep its wearer's hands unencumbered by extra devices or paper instructions. The substance of what someone might see on the head-up display is entirely based on the person's job role at the site. The interactive information displayed can be as subtle as a gleam or an arrow or as detailed as a schematic.