# Distance

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/distance/  
**Website:** https://distance.tech  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 7.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Distance Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Frontier Tech, Extended Reality, Augmented Reality, Computational Optics, Light Field, Heads-Up Display, Defense, Automotive, Aerospace

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/distance/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.