Smart glasses for agriculture

Both hands on the plant.

In the field or the greenhouse, your hands are always busy.

Iristick smart glasses in agriculture

You're holding a plant, walking the plot, handling a sample. Anything that makes you stop to write down a measurement or pick up a tablet pulls you away from the task. Over the course of a full inspection round, those small interruptions add up to lost time and transcription errors.

“A lot of what we do involves manual data collection outdoors, where I'm going out and gathering performance information about a specific crop. It was a use case born out of a classic human-computer interaction problem.”

Michael Calvillo, Senior Product Designer, Bayer Crop Science US

What customers measured

Figures measured by Iristick.Collector customers, including Bayer and VIB.

01

Fewer errors than paper

Speak each reading and check it on the display before it is saved. Nothing gets lost between the notebook and the spreadsheet.

25% Increased Accuracy

02

One person, no note-taker

The measurer no longer needs a note-taker standing beside them. Scan, speak and photograph, and the record fills itself in as you go.

50% Increased Productivity

03

Every team records it the same way

Shared templates mean everyone on the round captures the same fields in the same format, so results compare across sites, teams and seasons.

20% Increased consistency

What you can do with them

Phenotyping and trait scoring

50% more productive. 25% more accurate. Zero hours transcribing.

Define your scoring template once. Scan the plant, speak each trait, verify it on screen, and move on. What once took two people, a measurer and a note-taker, can now be done by one.

  • Faster scoring rounds
  • Higher accuracy
  • No manual transcription
  • One person instead of two

Field data for your own AI models

Your scouts take the photos. Your model starts from there.

Many research teams already train their own models to count aphids under a leaf, score disease or measure leaf area. What holds them back is getting enough images out of the field. Collector takes each photo during the round your scouts already walk and saves it with the plant ID. Export the round and the photos go straight into your own pipeline, ready for your model to work on.

  • Every photo saved with its plant ID
  • The same shots in the same order, every round
  • No extra walk just to take pictures
  • Your model, your pipeline, your data

Leaf photos taken the same way every time

Every leaf photographed alike, the ideal start for your model.

A model learns fastest from images that all look alike. Today that usually means picking leaves and laying them on a flatbed scanner, which costs you the leaf. The leaf scanner we are building for the glasses gets the same result with the leaf still on the plant. Hold it over the reference card and the glasses only take a picture once the angle is right. They take five shots, keep the sharpest and crop the leaf out at its real size, using the codes on the card as the scale. It is in testing now, and we are looking for research teams to try it on their own crop.

  • The plant keeps its leaves
  • No picture until the angle is right
  • Cropped out at real size
  • The same exposure and framing every time

Crop inspections and field trials

More ground, same team, cleaner data.

The same hands-free workflow, plot after plot, with the trial structure built into the template so nothing gets missed or mislabeled.

  • More plots covered per day
  • Consistent scoring across the trial
  • Clean data ready for analysis
  • Fewer errors

Greenhouse assessments

One person does the work of a two-person team.

Nothing to hold and nothing to put down. Speak what you see and keep both hands free while handling the plant, even in tight rows.

  • Both hands free in tight spaces
  • Faster rounds
  • Consistent from the first plant to the last
  • Works offline, even without signal

Virtual site visits and trial coordination

Treatment decisions happen when the crop needs them, not at the next available flight.

A local agronomist walks the field while the customer or trial manager joins from their desk and sees exactly what's in front of them. Decisions are made live, with no travel required.

  • Decisions at the right moment
  • No travel required
  • Fast response to unexpected results

“The smart glasses have really changed the way we phenotype plants. We work more efficiently and faster, saving valuable time in the process.”

Kirin Demuynck, Lab Manager @ Innovative Breeding, VIB

Why it works in agriculture

Voice-driven capture

Speak each observation. Keep both hands on the plant.

Structured templates

Define your protocol once, then follow it consistently across every plot.

Barcode scanning

Scan plant or plot IDs hands-free to keep records linked.

Live remote view

A trial manager or customer sees the field through your eyes from anywhere.

Works offline

Score without signal. Records sync to the web platform once you’re back in range and export as CSV, or as a ZIP with the photos, with nothing left to type up.

Solo operation

One person does what used to require a measurer and a note-taker.

See it on one of your own rounds.

Book a demo and we'll show you a scouting or sampling round set up the way your team records it today. Or run it on your own crop for six weeks, with the trial fee fully credited if you buy.

Choosing your setup

For data collection, the answer is Iristick.Collector, proven in crop phenotyping where researchers score identical traits across thousands of plants. Collector excels when the work is repetitive, structured, and high volume. For coordinating trials across multiple sites or customer-facing programs, Iristick.Assist puts a remote colleague or customer in the field without the need to travel.

See how many months it takes before the glasses pay for themselves.

Calculate your payback

Questions

Which phones does Iristick.Collector support?

Iristick.Collector runs on iOS 17 or higher on iPhone 11 and newer, and on Android 11 or higher. Not every Android phone works with smart glasses, so check the phone compatibility guide before you buy.

What can I capture hands-free?

Numbers, predefined options, pictures, barcodes and voice notes, all by voice. It works offline in the field and syncs to the web platform when you are back online, ready to export as CSV, or as a ZIP that includes the photos.

Can we run our own AI models on the data?

Yes. Every photo is saved with its plant ID, and the round exports as a ZIP with the photos and the data. Feed that into your own pipeline to count insects, score disease or measure leaves once the round is done. If you'd rather run your model live on the phone while you scout, your developers can build that with the Iristick SDK.

What does Iristick.Collector cost?

€600 per user per year, excl. VAT. Enterprise licenses with on-premises hosting, single sign-on and MFA are priced on request.

Can we try it before we buy?

Yes. The trial program gives you up to two pairs of glasses with full software access for six weeks. It costs €1,000 per pair, excl. VAT, fully credited if you buy.

Not sure which setup fits? Walk through it with one of our experts.