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Distance

Distance (Distance Technologies) is a Helsinki-based frontier-tech company pioneering glasses-free extended reality (XR) built on computational optics and lightfield technology. Its systems turn transparent surfaces — vehicle windshields, aircraft canopies, and head-mounted visors — into intelligent heads-up displays without screens, overlays, or wearable glasses. Products include the Acuity visual-intelligence platform and Acuity OS for defense, the Field Operator HUD (FOH) head-mounted system in field trials across NATO countries, and panoramic lightfield HUDs for automotive ADAS and navigation. Distance is backed by GV (Google Ventures) and partners with defense, aerospace, and automotive organizations including Kia, Supacat, Galvion, Patria, and General Dynamics. The company publishes no public API or developer program; this profile tracks its identity and public web surface in the API Evangelist network.

Distance is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Frontier Tech, Extended Reality, Augmented Reality, and Computational Optics.

Distance’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 3 more developer resources.

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9.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyFrontier TechExtended RealityAugmented RealityComputational OpticsLightfieldHeads-Up DisplayDefenseAutomotiveAerospace

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 9.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Distance Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

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Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/distance.png
name: Distance
description: Distance (Distance Technologies) is a Helsinki-based frontier-tech company pioneering glasses-free extended reality
  (XR) built on computational optics and lightfield technology. Its systems turn transparent surfaces — vehicle windshields,
  aircraft canopies, and head-mounted visors — into intelligent heads-up displays without screens, overlays, or wearable glasses.
  Products include the Acuity visual-intelligence platform and Acuity OS for defense, the Field Operator HUD (FOH) head-mounted
  system in field trials across NATO countries, and panoramic lightfield HUDs for automotive ADAS and navigation. Distance
  is backed by GV (Google Ventures) and partners with defense, aerospace, and automotive organizations including Kia, Supacat,
  Galvion, Patria, and General Dynamics. The company publishes no public API or developer program; this profile tracks its
  identity and public web surface in the API Evangelist network.
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Frontier Tech
- Extended Reality
- Augmented Reality
- Computational Optics
- Lightfield
- Heads-Up Display
- Defense
- Automotive
- Aerospace
apis: []
maintainers:
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  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/distance-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://distance.tech
- type: Blog
  url: https://distance.tech/news
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://distance.tech/privacy-policy
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  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence