Bird Unveils Augmented Reality-Powered Parking Technology; Free to City Partners to Keep Walkways Neat
Bird Global (NYSE:BRDS) has launched its innovative Bird Visual Parking System (VPS), powered by Google's ARCore Geospatial API. This technology allows for precise geo-localization of parked scooters, ensuring compliance with local parking norms. Bird VPS offers a seamless experience for riders, enabling them to check parking requirements immediately upon ending their ride. Currently piloted in New York City, San Francisco, and San Diego, Bird VPS is freely available to city partners, aiming to improve urban micromobility solutions significantly.
- Launch of Bird Visual Parking System (VPS) enhances parking compliance for riders and cities.
- Technology is free for city partners, promoting broader adoption without infrastructure costs.
- Utilizes advanced AR technology ensuring high accuracy in parking management.
- Currently piloted in major cities, potentially expanding to over 400 partner cities.
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Powered by Google’s ARCore Geospatial API, Bird’s New Parking Technology Aims to Serve as a Panacea to the Micromobility Industry’s Parking Challenges by Enforcing Parking Norms
Bird Unveils Augmented Reality-Powered Parking Technology; Free to
Bird VPS is a scalable, revolutionary new parking tool, powered by Google’s ARCore Geospatial API. The technology enables Bird to geo-localize parked scooters with pinpoint accuracy by leveraging years of Google 3D scanning, augmented reality (AR) technology and Google Maps Street View data from around the world. With this new technology, Bird riders can more accurately and precisely end their eco-friendly rides in a tidy manner while adhering to communities’ parking guidelines in an effort to keep walkways and ramps free of obstruction.
“The new ARCore Geospatial API from Google is an absolute game changer for micromobility that allows us to offer cities a first-of-its-kind Visual Parking System that’s unmatched in terms of accuracy and scalability,” said
How Bird VPS Works
The revolutionary technology exists within the Bird app and can be used on both iOS and Android operating systems, allowing for it to scale to all Bird riders over time and to be immune to theft or vandalism, unlike other parking technologies. There are three easy, seamless steps to take when using Bird VPS. They include:
- Scan - When ending a ride, the rider is prompted to quickly scan the surrounding area with the camera on their smartphone
- Analyze - Using Google’s new ARCore Geospatial API, Bird instantaneously compares the rider's images to those in Google’s knowledge base of data and Street View images
- Park - With the resulting centimeter-level geolocation, Bird VPS will either allow the rider to park and go on with their day (if it complies with local city parking requirements) or prompt them to correct the vehicle's parking before ending the ride
Bird VPS Pricing and Availability
Bird VPS is free for Bird’s city partners. It is currently being piloted in
About Bird
Bird is an electric vehicle company dedicated to bringing affordable, environmentally friendly transportation solutions such as e-scooters and e-bikes to communities across the world. Founded in 2017 by transportation pioneer
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