Background Story

For the first time when I came across an augmented-reality (AR) app for navigation in Sweden, I was immediately addicted in the techniques of AR. Then, I developed an Android phototype for AR-based gun-fighting game together with a partner in 2013. The user can
1. register and login to the game;
2. find teammates and enemies on the digital map, which are real-timely records in the database;
3. shot the enemies remotely by aiming at them with the assistance of the camera screen; and
4. enemies can be shot and disappeared from the map.

Vibour

We create a new startup company named Vibour (abstraction of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong) in Qianhai, Shenzhen (China) to develop AR navigation devices.

Sincerely thanks for the supports from Associate Prof. Man Sing Wong, Prof. Wu Chen, Prof. Xiangdong Li, and Vice President of PolyU - Prof. Ping-kong Alexander Wai. Without their contributes, it is impossible for us to ultimately obtain the Seed Fund for the development of the AR navigation. I also have to express my great thanks to my partners for their excellent work: Miss. Wenting Li, Mr. Chao Shi, and Miss. Xiaowen Huang.

We find that people still suffer many problems when using the current navigation devices or mobiles for driving because:
1. a device would repeat the same voice-reminding several times (noisy);
2. voice-reminding still lacks the capability to provide clear routing-guide in some scenarios (misleading);
3. drivers would move the sight away to the navigation screen (dangerous); and
4. drivers cannot see the road at all during the night when vehicles moving towards (dangerous).

The device will be used as a physical plugin of mobile phones that users can easily set it to the glasses, so that users can get information from a transparent tiny-screen of the device, which displays navigational routing which perfectly overlaps with the road, in view from the eyes of the users. This structure provides a safety-driving environment because:
1. transparent displaying will not block view sights (safe);
2. the AR routing can be a very effective driving assistance for night-time driving (safe);
3. duplicated voice reminding messages can be reduced (quiet driving environment); and
4. the AR navigational routing can very distinctly and precisely points to the planned way (avoid ambiguous).

Compared with the AR glasses, this splitting-design also has many obvious advantages since:
1. it is more compact with lightweight;
2. it can be easily set onto or move away from the glasses;
3. it has longer battery-usage time;
4. it has lower heat generation near the brain; and
5. it has lower electromagnetic radiation to the brain.