In a world where delivery speed is at a premium, Amazon is developing a next-generation method for getting packages from the warehouse to you. Here is what has been published to date and why these smart glasses may become a real saviour for the logistics market.

What Are These Smart Glasses?

A new type of eyeglasses currently in the process of being developed at Amazon will reportedly integrate the digital reality shipping technology, especially for delivery personnel.

The venture is to offer instant guidance and turn-by-turn directions while empowering drivers to make fewer halts, less time spent in sulking for the addresses, and enabling them to do more drops in a day.

Imagine you getting directions right on your lenses or seeing highlighted roads without the need to look at a different GPS—this is Amazon’s vision.

Instead of having to manually enter information, glasses could also show things such as package information, delivery instructions, and even drop-off photos, all of which would be seen in the blink of an eye. It is a non-contact system, which would be of great advantage to drivers to be free from handling too many pieces, thus focusing on the road.

Speed and efficiency have always been critical to Amazon, making it almost inseparable from the search for improved operational methods. Recently they launched robots in their warehouses and tried delivering goods by drones and also predicted demands using AI systems. Amazon is continuously advancing in logistics, and AR glasses for drivers are its next attempt at advancing logistics.

This technology could also assist Amazon in tackling other perennial issues within its delivery network, including lack of drivers and increasing demand. By arming the drivers with gadgets that fit the functionality of rapidly advancing technologies in an effort to save time and effort, Amazon stands strategically poised to address future increased demand and cut costs with regard to last-mile delivery.

What’s Next?

Amazon has not spoken on the glasses’ capability, nor has it given an official release date for the gadget. Still, those in the know claim the actual test is already ongoing, and if positive results are attained, expect this technology in the future not too distant. If done successfully, Amazon’s AR glasses are not only likely to benefit the drivers but also raise the bar as far as deliveries are concerned within the entire industry.