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MagyarDyson improves vacuuming with CleanTrace augmented reality visualization of missed areas
Dyson has unveiled CleanTrace, an augmented reality visualization tool for manual Dyson vacuum cleaners. This tool enables users to see exactly where they have vacuumed using a smartphone.
Augmented reality is the combination of real life along with computer-generated images on a display or headset. One of the best known examples of AR in use is the 2016 Pokemon Go app, which had players worldwide visiting real-world spots to catch virtual Pokemon in the wild.
In the case of CleanTrace, the app runs on a smartphone attached to the handle of a Dyson Gen5detect vacuum, which has a specially designed on-board light to reveal dust and dirt. The vacuum is a 7.7 lbs. HEPA vacuum cleaner with a runtime of up to 70 minutes. The HEPA filter captures 99.99% of dust down to 0.1 microns and even traps viruses such as the Influenza A (H1N1) flu virus. The Gen5detect has 280 air watts of suction power and is Dyson’s most powerful cordless model.
The Dyson CleanTrace is expected to launch June 2024 and will be available on iPhones with LiDAR , which include the iPhone 12 to 15 Pro and Pro Max models. In the meantime, readers who are over the boring task of making sure they’ve vacuumed every last nook and cranny of theirs homes might want to upgrade to a robotic vacuum cleaner (like this at Amazon). Or, simply buy a 1X Neo when the humanoid robot assistant is available, and it'll even bake cookies for you after vacumming the house.
Innovation | April 8, 2024
Spotless Spring Cleaning: Dyson unveils augmented reality tool that shows where you have vacuumed on your phone in real time, making deep cleaning quicker and more precise
As people gear up for their annual Spring Clean, Dyson reveals a new way to perfect your vacuuming with an Augmented Reality (AR) tool that ensures no spot is missed
In-depth study of cleaning behaviors shows that users habitually overestimate the time they spend cleaning and underestimate how thoroughly they vacuum their home
The Dyson CleanTrace™ and Dyson Gen5detectTM vacuum combine to make the invisible visible – identifying areas missed and showing proof of cleanliness right on your phone
Cleaning can be a thankless task. As you head towards the Spring Clean finish line, you may think you can’t go wrong, yet amid navigating chair legs and under furniture, moving between rooms and sidestepping our furry friends, it’s easy to inadvertently miss areas, or repeatedly vacuum the same spot, reducing efficacy and wasting time.
Taking inspiration from the systematic cleaning approach of the Dyson 360 Vis NavTM robotic vacuum cleaner, the Dyson CleanTrace™ helps users to clean more methodically by providing real-time AR visualisations of where they have cleaned and the spots they have missed, removing the guesswork and solving the have-I-cleaned-there-yet quandary.
"We realized that we could all learn a thing or two from the methodical cleaning approach of our robot vacuums. Unlike most humans doing the cleaning, Dyson robots know where they are in the room, where they have been, and where they have yet to go. With the Dyson CleanTrace™, we add this extra layer of cleaning intelligence to the Gen5detect vacuum. It gives you the ability to see where you have and haven’t cleaned, which, combined with our on-board particle sensing technology, gives proof that the floor is truly clean.”
Charlie Park - VP of Engineering, Dyson Home
Dyson engineers are obsessive about engineering ways to improve how we clean. In addition to extensive in-lab testing, our engineers study human behaviours and cleaning habits, as well as frustrations, in the real world. They have spent hundreds of hours observing home cleaning around the world – studying how long each cleaning session lasts, effectiveness of cleaning, different vacuuming angles and patterns, even how many times a user puts down a machine during a session, all of which inform continuous innovation in floorcare technology.
Our research shows that consumers regularly overestimate the amount of time they clean – data shows that around 80% of cleaning sessions last less than 10 minutes, yet people claim they vacuum for an average of 24 minutes per session. Moreover, consumers are haphazard and inefficient – regularly overing the same areas multiple times and missing other spots altogether, demonstrating the need for the Dyson CleanTrace™.
The Dyson CleanTrace™ will be available from June 2024.
