41 Computer Vision News prosthesis. It’s simple becauseyou’re guided while using the glasses. It’s like navigation. You have to follow steps and protocols. It makes the surgeon’s life easier.” Romain adds: “We made an effort to have everything reusable, which is not a standard in the industry. To achieve that, our technology uses visible light instrument localization. Almost every competitor product uses infrared-based technology, which so far can’t be embedded in a tiny, lightweight head-worn device.” Although other companies work in this area, the competitive edge of Pixee’s solution is multi-faceted. One significant factor is in its universal compatibility, supporting any prosthesis brand on the market today. Also, the team was the first to believe that achieving submillimetric precision on off-theshelf devices was possible. “Many were doubtful about that six years ago, but we proved it was possible,” Romain points out. “Our closest competitors still had to develop their own AR platform to achieve that. What makes us special is that we achieve this level of performance without developing our own hardware platform!” Pixee Medical
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