Ralph Osterhout

Ralph Osterhout

Ralph Osterhout is an American inventor, designer, entrepreneur, and CEO of Osterhout Design Group (ODG).[1] During his career he has developed a range of products spanning toys,[2][3][4] consumer electronics,[5] dive equipment,[6] furniture[7] to devices for the Department of Defense.[8] Osterhout is named as inventor on 260 patents and patent applications. Over the course of his career, Osterhout has developed over 2,000 different products[9][10] and hundreds of separate product lines[11] for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500s, as well as the government.

Since 2009, Osterhout has been highly focused on developing products and technologies in the head-worn computing field. Osterhout has over three decades of developing head-worn technology (starting with the PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles[12] in 1984) and has created nine different generations of smartglasses.[13]

Osterhout has been referred to as the "real-life Q",[14] in reference to the fictional character Q that equips James Bond with secret spy gadgets, after Osterhout designed and developed several gadgets for James Bond films.[15]

  1. ^ "Secretive Military Tech Company Announces Augmented Reality Glasses For Consumers". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. ^ Berger, Warren. "Adventures in the Toy Trade: Ralph Osterhout knocks himself out to make bots for tots - and brats, spies, and troublemakers". Wired. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  3. ^ "Child's play". Newscientist.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  4. ^ D.I.C.E. Summit. "2009 D.I.C.E. Summit Schedule". The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. ^ Newcomb, Doug. "The Spy Wares of a Real-Life Q". MSN. Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  6. ^ Knafelc, ME (1988). "Unmanned and Manned Evaluation of a Prototype Closed-Circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus, the EX 19". Navy Experimental Diving Unit Technical report NEDU-5-88. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Larrabee, Eric. “Knoll Design”, Abrams, Harry N Publisher, 1990 - ISBN 0-8109-1220-1
  8. ^ [1] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "A trio of visionaries will explore the future of augmented reality". VentureBeat. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  10. ^ Tilley, Aaron. "Military Tech Company ODG Raises $58 Million To Grow Its Augmented Reality Business". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  11. ^ mlsentertainment (2016-10-30). "ODG CHANGING THE WORLD OF AUGMENTED REALITY – PROJECT HORIZON BEST IN SHOW – IN AWE WITH RALPH OSTERHOUT". mlsentertainment. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  12. ^ "Osterhout Design Group unveils high-end enterprise augmented reality glasses". VentureBeat. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  13. ^ "Osterhout Design Group Just Raised $58 Million—We'll See Why at CES 2017". WonderHowTo. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  14. ^ Hollister, Sean. "Meet the 'Real-Life Q' Who Builds Secret Spy Gadgets for a Living". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  15. ^ "James Bond's real-life 'Q' to show off new connected IoT tech". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2017-05-19.