April 1, 2026
HVAC Smart Glasses
AR wearables computer-vision
A wearable AR system that turns an HVAC technician’s field of view into a heads-up diagnostic tool. Built during the Founders Inc Canopy cohort.
Problem
Field technicians spend a meaningful fraction of every job stack swapping between their hands, a tablet, equipment labels, and the manufacturer schematic. Information surface area is high; hands are full; lighting is bad; sites are loud.
Build
- Vision pipeline — equipment recognition from the headset camera, OCR for plate readings (model/serial/spec)
- Schematic recall — auto-pull the right wiring diagram, refrigerant chart, or service bulletin for what you’re looking at
- Guided flows — step-by-step repair overlays anchored to the equipment, with voice navigation so hands stay on the tools
- Offline-first — sites have unreliable signal; we cache by equipment family and sync diagnostics later
Status
Active build. Iterating with field technicians on the form factor, latency budget, and the right defaults for overlay density.