Jean Zeid 7:00 a.m., February 23, 2024

Every morning, Jean Zeid delivers the best in terms of innovation.

This Friday, February 23, he returns to the innovation of 3D2Cut, augmented reality glasses that support vine pruners in their work.

It's time for Jean Zeid's Positive Initiatives, the chronicle of daily innovations.

John, hello.


This morning, we are interested in vine pruners.


Not to be confused with the grape harvest.

The ideal time to prune the vine is now, between February and March, avoiding periods of frost.

The vine is at rest, the sap has gone down.


A Swiss company, 3D2cut, decided to help these vine pruners.

For what ?

Well because Switzerland lacks qualified workers in this field.

3D2Cut's innovation is augmented reality glasses to assist vine pruners.


Explain the process to us.

How do these glasses work?


Already, they operate thanks to inevitable artificial intelligence.

They are rather discreet, like sunglasses, they don't take up half the face, even if the temples are massive.

The software that accompanies these glasses recognizes the vines and indicates to the user, to the person who has the pruning shears, the cutting areas during pruning, while respecting the flow of sap so as not to wear harm to future growth.


And this artificial intelligence is directly integrated into the glasses?


Exactly, that's what makes this solution so amazing.

Behind this innovation, there is a research institute, Idiap, which developed this system based on artificial intelligence and which integrated it into these augmented reality glasses.

Augmented reality is when virtual elements are integrated into the real decor.

it can happen on the screen of your smartphone via the camera on the back or via glasses.

The vision system developed by Idiap makes it possible to identify key points at a single glance, i.e. the nodes of the vine and the branches that connect them.

The system also determines the type of branches: trunk, spur, sticks, shoots and it also takes care of establishing an order of appearance of nodes and buds.

And at the end of this detection, it recommends the cuts to be made.


An innovation which is still at the project stage.


3D2Cut has currently tested a first version on a tablet with encouraging results.

The device must now adapt to climatic conditions, brightness, viewing angles, and the variety of backgrounds and vines.

And if it works, these connected field glasses could also be used for other use cases such as pruning fruit trees.