RealWear has once again delivered a best-in-class product for the connected industrial worker with Navigator 500. With a focus on comfort, visibility, and safety, Navigator 500 has taken what users love about the HMT-1 design and improved it. The RealWear Navigator 500 is a fantastic tool for utilizing remote expertise. The Navigator 500 is one of the best AR headsets on the market, thanks to its excellent voice recognition, effective noise cancellation, and sturdy design. This makes it the clear winner, especially in rough and noisy environments, when compared to its competitors.

 Overall, RealWear Navigator 500 does what it is supposed to and nothing more. It is essentially a tablet, strapped to your head with good voice commands that allow an industrial worker to have access to technology while being able to use their hands for work.

Rugged enough for industrial workers

Professional voice recognition in all industrial environments eliminates the need to wipe, click, press, or tap. The HMT-2 is durable enough for daily use. Its revolutionary modular design allows for on-the-job agility and adaptability, allowing it to support even more use cases. It also supports over 15 different languages. However, many people wished for an improvement over the previous HMT-1 model, particularly in terms of display quality.

Incredible Display

The Realwear Navigator 500 has a stunning camera with excellent low-light performance, increased zoom without sacrificing image quality, and advanced video stabilization. If the environment does not permit it, the modular design allows the camera to be easily removed and replaced with other accessories or a camera cover. The camera has two modes as well as a resolution of 854×480 pixels. The high-resolution microdisplay is located just below your line of sight and has the appearance of a 7-inch tablet.

Ip66 rating

The Realwear Navigator 500 is resistant to 2-meter drops onto concrete from any angle, is protected against heavy seas or powerful jets of water, is dust-tight, and is fully operational from -20° C to +50° C, making it IP66-rated, which makes it one of the few headsets to achieve such a rating.

Unmatched voice control

The Realwear Navigator 500 has interfaces for connected work in addition to noise cancellation and voice recognition up to 100dBA. The Navigator 500’s voice control works offline as well, but making video calls or retrieving and processing current information frequently requires a connection to networks or third-party devices.

Technology for a variety of fields of application

The battery has a lifespan of more than 6-8 hours. As a result, if necessary, the battery can be exchanged while the wearable is in use without resetting any applications or rebooting the wearable itself. Its improved remote collaboration boosts productivity, saves money on travel, and reduces equipment downtime. It also connects the global workforce and allows frontline workers to receive remote assistance from an expert to resolve any complex issue. Workers can access real-time data when operating, inspecting, or maintaining equipment. Headsets can also be combined with other types of safety equipment such as helmets, caps, and goggles.

No much improvement

When the RealWear Navigator 500 was first introduced, many people were probably disappointed with the display. In comparison to the previous HMT-1, nothing significant has changed. For the Navigator 500, RealWear once again relies on an LCD display. This has an 854 x 480-pixel resolution and a field of view of 20 degrees. However, RealWear has already stated that, due to the modular design, product add-ons will be available in the near future, potentially increasing the quality or size of the display.