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Kathleen Martin
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Nick Offin, head of sales, marketing & operations at Dynabook, discusses how smart glasses powered by mobile edge computing are driving value for field workers
With assisted/augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies making inroads in the enterprise market, many organisations are finding ways of incorporating it into their everyday practices, to create more immersive and engaging work environments. Industries from healthcare, to manufacturing and construction, are finding these increasingly sophisticated technologies a big aid in improving processes, connecting field workers, enhancing safety and delivering training.
Unsurprisingly, it was 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that sped this up. As companies implemented digital transformation initiatives to support business continuity, the use of AR and VR also ramped up, suited as it was to enable remote working and cross collaboration. Today, this adoption is expected to continue to accelerate, particularly as users grow more comfortable with these technologies, the increased convergence of physical assets into digital assets and the integration of 4G/5G connectivity.
Enterprise smart glasses adoption is not only predicted to grow in the coming years, but that growth will accelerate as spending starts to transition away from mobile augmented reality and towards head-worn, hands free, augmented reality. This statement from ARtillery is supported by our research, which found that 63% of organisations expect to deploy smart glasses within the next three years.
Continue reading: https://www.information-age.com/value-of-mobile-edge-computing-smart-glasses-for-field-workers-123498655/
With assisted/augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies making inroads in the enterprise market, many organisations are finding ways of incorporating it into their everyday practices, to create more immersive and engaging work environments. Industries from healthcare, to manufacturing and construction, are finding these increasingly sophisticated technologies a big aid in improving processes, connecting field workers, enhancing safety and delivering training.
Unsurprisingly, it was 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that sped this up. As companies implemented digital transformation initiatives to support business continuity, the use of AR and VR also ramped up, suited as it was to enable remote working and cross collaboration. Today, this adoption is expected to continue to accelerate, particularly as users grow more comfortable with these technologies, the increased convergence of physical assets into digital assets and the integration of 4G/5G connectivity.
Enterprise smart glasses adoption is not only predicted to grow in the coming years, but that growth will accelerate as spending starts to transition away from mobile augmented reality and towards head-worn, hands free, augmented reality. This statement from ARtillery is supported by our research, which found that 63% of organisations expect to deploy smart glasses within the next three years.
Continue reading: https://www.information-age.com/value-of-mobile-edge-computing-smart-glasses-for-field-workers-123498655/
