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HANGZHOU • A Chinese startup that develops augmented reality products for use in manufacturing and gaming has found a promising growth area in the midst of the pandemic: wearable glasses that measure moving temperatures.
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, Rokid, a Hangzhou-based startup, has developed a pair of glasses to help detect symptoms.
Rokid vice president Xiang Wenjie said demand for the company’s T1 glasses, developed in just two weeks, has increased after he sold approximately 1,000 pairs to governments, industrial parks and schools.
“In addition to fixed temperature measurement, T1 can provide fast, remote, portable temperature control, which would be of great help,” said the Rokid executive.
Equipped with an infrared sensor and a camera, the lenses allow the user to “see” the temperature of people.
Rokid says on his website that he completed a “$ 1 billion” financing round in 2018, led by Singapore’s state investor Temasek, Swiss bank Credit Suisse and others.
The firm said it is now updating the T1 to take multiple temperature readings simultaneously for use in places like shopping malls and airports.
An office park in Hangzhou is replacing the fixed supports of thermometers with glasses after an avalanche of employees who returned to work made temperature controls a headache for property management.
“With the release of more new products, especially these glasses, we believe we can use them to make non-contact temperature measurements. They are very efficient when faced with a large crowd of people,” said Greentown Property Management President Jin Keli.
Rokid is not the only Chinese tech startup involved in the fight against Covid-19. Thermal imaging systems created by facial recognition giant SenseTime have been installed at railway stations across China.
REUTERS
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