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Ask HN: Anyone using augmented reality, VR, glasses, helmets etc. in industry?

81 points NewUser76312 | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 15:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.299s | source

Since Google Glass made its debut in 2012, there's been a fair amount of hype around augmented reality and related tech coming into its own in industry, presumably enhancing worker productivity and capabilities.

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?

1. lormayna ◴[26 Jun 25 13:24 UTC] No.44387187[source]▶
Yes. In the past I was working in a F500, one of the world leaders in energy services. They introduced VR to implement remote assistance and support for very remote places (like offshore platforms, oilfield in the middle of nowhere or in risky countries). A local operator will wear the VR and then a service engineer from HQ can drive him on diagnostic and troubleshooting. The service is immediate, as the engineer will not spend time on flight and they can save a lot of money. They also use the platform for training, saving time for the learners and avoiding to deploying huge and complex machineries just for training.

I saw it couple of time in action, it's really impressive.