RAYMARINE CLEARCRUISE AR (Augmented Reality)

Let’s be clear: Raymarine’s new AR system is worlds apart from the gimmicky augmented reality you may have seen on someone’s phone app, with the video source being a high-quality fixed HD marine camera that can also be quite useful on its own. Aboard sailboats, the CAM210 bullet or the CAM220 dome model camera can be mounted high on a mast for a crow’s-nest view accessible via any networked Axiom multifunction display that might be onboard. Raymarine’s AR200 video stabilization module then steadies the video stream and makes the magic happen by spatially analyzing it relative to precision GPS and motion sensors. This, in turn, allows other Axiom network data, like AIS targets, nav aids and waypoints, to be precisely overlaid on the 3D real world video imagery, with the end result being that most users will find the final ClearCruise AR view to be

much easier to understand than a conventional top-down 2D AIS and/or chartplotting. “Highly intuitive” is an understatement, and is further helped by a camera field-of-view outline on the 2D chart view and AR object-type selection buttons on the AR view. Although ClearCruise AR does not currently work with navigationlevel thermal night vision, it may still usefully label ship or nav aid lights in the dark. As a side note, while there are instances in which a headsail might impede the AR’s cameras, it’s most common use will likely be while motoring along a tight waterway or into an unfamiliar anchorage, in which case your sails will likely be down anyway. $1,200. Raymarine, raymarine.com