(iTers News) - Metaio, world leader in augmented reality software and solutions, has unveiled a set of camera-based object recognition AR solution for smart watch in what the company said is the world’s first ever of its kind.

The rollout represents Metaio’s effort to cater to smart watch makers’ lookout for intuitive and simple UI, or user interface technology- a way that users interact with machines -using Metaio’s AR technology.

Smart watch manufacturers are still struggling to find the simple and intuitive UI technology. Taking advantage of a computer visual recognition functionality, Metaio came up with a vision-based object recognition UI technology for fast and effective interaction with a smart watch.

Utilizing the camera of a smart watch, for example, users snap an image which a companion smartphone then checks for matches using Metaio visual search technology.

When a match is found, data is returned to the user in the form of glanceable information on the watch, or rich, interactive data on the smartphone.

“When we gave phones and glasses the ability to see the world around them, it opened up huge opportunities for all kinds of mobile apps”, said Metaio CEO, Dr. Thomas Alt. “We can see that smart watches are going be a huge part of the mobile computing revolution, so we wanted to make sure that we could bring the power of computer vision and augmented reality to this form factor.”

There exist millions of objects in our environment that can be scanned by a smart device, but it is not always convenient for users to be constantly removing their smart phones from pockets or purses. Placing object recognition capabilities on the wrist allows users to easily and conveniently access to visual search and augmented reality applications that already exist today.

Rather than entering nutritional information manually for example, users simply scan the food package from the wrist, which automatically populates a daily nutrition diary on a companion device. The video also illustrates smart watches being used in retail to quickly scan products to purchase and request delivery to the home.

According to Metaio, the technology can be implemented on existing smart watches currently on the market.