<s>
DAQRI	B-Device
was	O
an	O
American	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
CA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
’s	O
primary	O
product	O
was	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
wearable	B-Operating_System
technology	I-Operating_System
product	O
,	O
DAQRI	B-Device
Smart	O
Glasses	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
industrial	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAQRI	B-Device
's	O
earlier	O
Smart	O
Helmet	O
product	O
was	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
many	O
industry	O
application	O
studies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAQRI	B-Device
was	O
founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAQRI	B-Device
entered	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
by	O
releasing	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
publishing	O
platform	O
designed	O
to	O
superimpose	O
an	O
image	O
or	O
video	O
over	O
a	O
smartphone	O
’s	O
camera	O
after	O
scanning	O
a	O
QR	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daqri	B-Device
created	O
content	O
and	O
applications	O
for	O
4D	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
technology	O
for	O
entertainment	O
,	O
education	O
and	O
industrial	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
raised	O
a	O
$15	O
million	O
Series	O
A	O
led	O
by	O
Tarsadia	O
Investments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
total	O
Daqri	B-Device
financing	O
was	O
reported	O
at	O
$275	O
million	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Tarsadia	O
Investments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
expanded	O
its	O
business	O
model	O
into	O
wearable	B-Operating_System
tech	I-Operating_System
hardware	O
and	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
Smart	O
Helmet	O
,	O
an	O
Android-powered	O
hard	O
hat	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
industrial	O
and	O
construction	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daqri	B-Device
Smart	O
Helmet	O
contains	O
a	O
Sixth	O
Gen	O
Intel	O
Core	O
m7	O
processor	O
chip	O
and	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
cameras	O
and	O
sensors	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
industrial	O
worker	O
,	O
including	O
visual	O
instructions	O
,	O
real	O
time	O
alerts	O
,	O
and	O
3D	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
acquired	O
Melon	O
,	O
an	O
EEG-tracking	O
headband	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Venice	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
acquired	O
ARToolworks	B-General_Concept
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
companies	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
notable	O
for	O
the	O
open-source	O
ARToolKit	B-General_Concept
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
opened	O
a	O
European	O
headquarters	O
and	O
development	O
center	O
in	O
Dublin	O
,	O
Ireland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
acquired	O
1066	O
Labs	O
,	O
a	O
leading	O
head-mounted	O
display	O
manufacturer	O
focused	O
on	O
serving	O
enterprise	O
clients	O
with	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
solutions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
U.K.-based	O
Two	O
Trees	O
Photonics	O
,	O
a	O
holographic	O
technology	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
was	O
listed	O
on	O
CNBC	O
's	O
Disruptor	O
50	O
companies	O
for	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
released	O
a	O
new	O
form	O
factor	O
of	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
Smart	O
Glasses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
total	O
Daqri	B-Device
financing	O
was	O
reported	O
at	O
$275	O
million	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Tarsadia	O
Investments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
reported	O
layoffs	O
of	O
nearly	O
a	O
quarter	O
of	O
the	O
staff	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
DAQRI	B-Device
co-founder	O
and	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
Brian	O
Mullins	O
stepped	O
down	O
and	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
chief	O
product	O
officer	O
Roy	O
Ashok	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
2017	O
came	O
to	O
a	O
close	O
,	O
Roy	O
Ashok	O
was	O
quoted	O
that	O
Daqri	B-Device
Smart	O
Helmet	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
a	O
focus	O
for	O
Daqri	B-Device
and	O
that	O
the	O
newly	O
launched	O
glasses	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
hardware	O
offering	O
moving	O
forward	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
Glasses	O
are	O
much	O
more	O
appealing	O
—	O
in	O
form	O
factor	O
and	O
price	O
point	O
—	O
but	O
definitely	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
horizontal	O
fashion	O
,	O
the	O
glasses	O
are	O
a	O
good	O
fit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
announced	O
Worksense	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
suite	O
of	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
productivity	O
applications	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
push	O
to	O
increase	O
adoption	O
of	O
its	O
AR	O
smart	O
glasses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Daqri	B-Device
announced	O
via	O
email	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
pursuing	O
an	O
asset	O
sale	O
and	O
was	O
shutting	O
down	O
its	O
cloud	O
and	O
smart-glasses	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
September	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
former	O
employees	O
and	O
sources	O
close	O
to	O
Daqri	B-Device
,	O
the	O
company	O
shuttered	O
its	O
HQ	O
,	O
laid	O
off	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
employees	O
and	O
was	O
selling	O
off	O
assets	O
ahead	O
of	O
a	O
shutdown	O
.	O
</s>
