AccuWeather Partners with Vuzix To Offer the First Ever AR Weather Content
This strategic collaboration aims at offering interactive weather experiences based on AR to Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses users.
AccuWeather is a popular American media company that is trusted to provide commercial weather forecasting at a global level. This trusted company that was founded in the year 1962 has partnered with Vuzix® Corporation, an American multinational firm that deals in the supply of AR technology products and Smart Glasses. This strategic collaboration aims at offering dynamic as well as compelling interactive weather experiences that are based on Augmented Reality to users of Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses worldwide.
AccuWeather can easily be considered as a global leader that is growing at an exponential rate and providing forecasts to over 1.5 billion people globally. Weather forecasting is definitely one of the most crucial predictions today in order to avoid possible hazards and catastrophes. With the help of this AR-enabled weather content, Smart Glass users will now be able to see the standard weather forecasts on their smartphones with a dynamic visual overlay that will appear in their field of vision.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Vuzix, Paul Travers shared his excitement about this novel collaboration saying, “AccuWeather is one of the most trusted and recognized weather brands in the world with the largest collection of weather data. We are excited to be partnering with AccuWeather to deliver localized digital weather content and information via the Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses for users at home or on-the-go across the globe, wherever they are.”
As shared by the President of AccuWeather Digital Media, Steve Smith, “With Vuzix, an innovator and category leader in AR smart glasses, we will deliver up-to-date weather forecasts and tools needed to help users prepare and stay prepared for a truly personalized and intimate weather experience on a level that only AR technology can provide.”
This new technology certainly promises an enhanced experience for all Vuzix Smart Glass users as they can now check the updated forecast of any place without actually looking at their smartphone. This promotes easy and quick updates on the go. It is interesting to note that Vuzix Corporation has also won CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Awards for innovation and this association of the two industry giants is expected to take the delivery of weather forecasting to a whole new level.
