One of the biggest unveilings by the Ambanis at Reliance's Annual General meet was the JioGlass, a virtual reality eyewear that allows people to connect with each other in real time. At RIL's 43rd AGM, the JioGlass was demonstrated by heir Isha Ambani Piramal, in a 2-D format, who spoke to her brother Akash Ambani in a 3D format, presenting charts in an office set-up.<\/p>\n
The JioGlass was designed and built byTesseract a five-year old deep-tech startup that was acquired by RIL in 2019. Founded by Kshitij Marwah at a Mumbai warehouse, the startup is a subsidiary of RIL but is run independently, ittoldBloombergQuint. Reliance had bought 92.7% stake in the company and had invested Rs 10.12 crore in May,according to filings.<\/p>\n
Tesseract develops technology for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) oriented products such as cameras, headsets, smart glasses for companies.It also provides a platform for developers to build apps and content.<\/p>\n
With a team of 55 employees based out of Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai, the startup has launched products such as a virtual reality 360 degree camera called Methane, largely taken up by the real estate websites and a VR 360 degree camera called Quark, according to theQuintreport.<\/p>\n
According to aYourStoryreport, the company has filed at least five patents so far for optical and hardware designs, scene design algorithms and 360 VR editing in augmented and virtual reality:<\/p>\n
Tesseract had also developed the Jio HoloBoard in 2019, a mixed reality\/ MR headset for Reliance.<\/p>\n
JioGlass, a first-of-its-kind native product, will be key to Tesseract's journey, heavily reliant however on Jio's 5G ecosystem, which is yet to be made available for trials.<\/p>\n
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