But I've heard and seen so little use in any industries. I would have thought at a minimum that having access to hands-free information retrieval (e.g. blueprints, instructions, notes, etc), video chat and calls for point-of-view sharing, etc would be quite useful for a number of industries. There do seem to be interesting pilot trials involving Hololens in US defense (IVAS) as well as healthcare telemonitoring in Serbia.
Do you know of any relevant examples or use cases, or are you a user yourself? What do you think are the hurdles - actual usefulness, display quality, cost, something else?
- Viture Pro XR glasses
- Vuzix Z100 glasses (through Mentra)
The Viture's I use as a lightweight alternative to VR headsets like the Meta Quest. I lay down on the couch/in bed and watch videos while wearing them.
The Vuzix are meant to be daily-wear glasses with a HUD, have yet to break them in.
Later this year, Google/Samsung are due big AR releases, so is Meta I think as well.
It'll be the debut of Android XR.
It's good enough for watching videos, but for working and reading text, I personally haven't used a device with high enough text quality to prevent eye strain.
I'm very bullish on AR though, and I'm willing to bet that consumer grade devices which are genuinely comfortable to work in will become available within the next 2-3 years.
To me, AR is the next step in Human-Computer Interaction while we wait for full BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) devices.