September 30, 2026
Robotics, digital twins, and spatial computing are usually discussed as separate technologies, but in practice, the boundaries are starting to blur. Together, these technologies…
August 31, 2026
Product innovation has always involved a certain amount of guesswork. Engineers, scientists, designers, and operations teams rely on the best available information to develop…
July 29, 2026
Automotive companies have been on the cutting edge of emerging technology adoption for a decade now. As an industry, automotive is a perfect example of how technologies like…
July 14, 2026
Why Physical AI Needs Digital Twins If physical AI is going to work in the real world, enterprises need a way to test it before it takes action. That may sound obvious, but it’s…
June 15, 2026
For the last few years, most people have experienced Artificial Intelligence (AI) as something that writes emails, summarizes documents, generates images, and answers questions.…
May 29, 2026
Although the concept of digital twins isn’t new, companies are beginning to realize the technology’s full potential, in large part thanks to Artificial Intelligence. Advancements…
April 30, 2026
Polished demos and long lists of capabilities can be compelling, but they only show/tell what an AI platform can do. The real challenge isn’t proving AI’s value; it’s operationalizing it at scale.
April 13, 2026
AI is out of the bag and advancing at an extraordinary pace; and though clear, measurable ROI remains elusive for many organizations, it would be unwise to “wait and see” about AI.
March 25, 2026
Digital twins are providing measurable value as powerful tools for enterprise planning. From processes to physical spaces, enterprises across industries are turning first to…
March 10, 2026
AI agents have seemingly replaced generative AI as the next hot thing in enterprise artificial intelligence. Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft, and many other enterprise software…
February 23, 2026
In 2023, noting a serious operations oversight problem, BMW Group’s Hams Hall plant began centralizing its data gathering infrastructure with the ultimate goal of implementing…
January 27, 2026
I read somewhere that the dawn of the AI agent was “one of the defining stories of 2025,” a sign that we’re moving beyond mere analytics to systems that have the power to act.
December 4, 2025
Intro Digital twins may be an emerging technology, but they’re not new. In the 2000s, digital twins promised a new era of product development and lifecycle management in…
November 13, 2025
AI is a branch of computer science concerned with training machines to mimic human intelligence in order to perform tasks ranging from simple perception to complex problem solving and reasoning.
July 30, 2025
Real-life examples of digital twins in enterprise, from Chevrolet’s Corvette ZR1 and EchoWater to AtkinsRéalis, Hong Kong International Airport and BMO Bank.
May 27, 2025
Most XR headsets today come with some form of tracking technology. There are sensors and cameras for eye tracking, hand tracking, head tracking, motion tracking, and spatial mapping…Eye tracking, in particular, is essent
April 24, 2025
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March 4, 2025
Asked to imagine a factory of the future in 2021, Boeing predicted that “immersive 3D engineering designs will be twinned with robots that speak to each other.” Four years later and this vision isn’t far off from reality
February 4, 2025
An illustration of how AI is revolutionizing the real estate industry by enabling smart buildings and intelligent property management.
January 21, 2025
How are enterprises taking the loss of HoloLens 2? Which XR devices are they currently using? The following is based on the in-app topic discussions and responses started and shared by attendees of the 2024 Augmented Ent
January 13, 2025
Didn’t make it to Vegas? We’ve sifted through the AI companion robots and smart kitchen appliances to bring you the top enterprise-related XR/spatial computing announcements and products.
October 11, 2024
We had the opportunity to sit down with Jay Wright over Zoom. Jay is the CEO of Campfire, an easy-to-use software solution for sharing and reviewing 3D models with anyone, across…
August 12, 2024
With trust in technology companies at an all-time low and seemingly every Big Tech company working on an XR headset to compete with Apple Vision Pro, it’s a good time to consider the privacy and security ramifications of
July 8, 2024
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March 20, 2024
Now that Apple Vision Pro has enterprise device management, more companies will likely buy and experiment with the headset. Business technology leaders should take note because early adopters are already learning critica
February 20, 2024
Although talk of the metaverse quieted down when generative AI burst on the scene in 2022, proponents of the metaverse view GenAI as the answer to one of their biggest challenges…
February 9, 2024
The long-awaited Apple Vision Pro has been available for a week. Here are some early impressions and implications for enterprise end users: General consensus among early users is that Vision Pro is a technical marvel and
January 17, 2024
The virtual reality headset market is flourishing. The latest and upcoming devices like Meta Quest 3 and Apple’s Vision Pro have put the metaverse back on the map, which means it’s time to re-evaluate the market for XR a
January 12, 2024
December 22, 2023
In 2023, we said goodbye to Google Glass and hello to next-gen XR devices including Vision Pro. Generative AI generated more buzz than the metaverse, though that didn’t stop big brands from exploring new realities in the
December 15, 2023
It may seem like generative AI has replaced the metaverse in the hearts and minds of technology enthusiasts, but there is a sort of symbiotic relationship between the two technologies: AI is being increasingly integrated
November 14, 2023
We recently had the opportunity to interview Dave Segal, Chief Innovation Officer and Founder of Naqi Logix. Naqi recently exhibited at the Augmented Enterprise Summit. During the event, the company's product was named o
August 3, 2023
In an April article for The Verge, Sara M. Watson wrote of her first experience in VR. Despite having read accounts of VR sickness, Watson said she wasn’t prepared for how awful VR made her feel.
July 13, 2023
With last month’s announcements of Meta Quest 3 and Apple’s first mixed reality headset, now is a good time to get candid about the UX of XR. While the user experience has dramatically improved since “modern efforts” to
May 3, 2023
Though the term metaverse was invented before they were born, Gen Z is being called “the metaverse generation.” They’re also described as the “most ethnically diverse” generation…
April 12, 2023
With headlines like Mark Zuckerberg Quietly Buries the Metaverse , VR is dead, the metaverse is dead. Maybe . and The Metaverse is Dead. Long Live the Metaverse , it can be nearly…
April 4, 2023
March 17, 2023
It’s difficult to quantify the impact of Google Glass on the entire enterprise AR market. Glass really took one for the team, and I genuinely do not believe the space would be as mature or use cases as numerous as they a
March 14, 2023
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February 14, 2023
December 22, 2022
Last year, to summarize the 2021 XR market in three bullet points , I wrote, “1) Apple glasses rumors, 2) Mark Zuckerberg’s philosophical musings about the future of work, and 3)…
December 1, 2022
Did you catch our July roundup of 50+ intriguing metaverse-related statistics ? We're back with more (sometimes conflicting) research findings and survey results to inform your…
September 19, 2022
Today’s higher education students are the workforce of tomorrow. Thanks to the efforts of James Frazee and Sean Hauze, many SDSU graduates will enter the professional world with experience using AR and VR technologies, b
September 7, 2022
If you believe Mark Zuckerberg, we are no more than five years away from commuting to work via virtual reality headset, meeting colleagues as avatars, and spending much of our…
July 26, 2022
Imagine: It’s your first day as a service technician . You’re standing in front of a broken machine in urgent need of repair. Your only tool is a cumbersome, outdated paper manual…
July 25, 2022
The first step to using AR/VR/MR (XR) in your business is 3D content creation. It’s also one of the biggest pain points, particularly the time and cost of capturing real-world…
July 21, 2022
52% of employees are open to meetings in the metaverse, while 47% are “okay” with representing themselves as avatars in these virtual meetings. (Microsoft Work Trend Index) One quarter of employees have already experimen
June 6, 2022
The Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2022 took place last week. As always, we’re recapping all the major enterprise-related news to come out of the event: Campfire The holographic…
May 25, 2022
The skills gap has become a skills crisis. Augmented Reality is helping industrial organizations enable on-the-job training, capture and scale expertise, recruit younger workers…
May 23, 2022
You’ve probably never heard of Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) and yet – if you’re a frequent online shopper – you most likely interact with their products regularly whenever you…
May 16, 2022
When it comes to the enterprise AR/VR/MR (XR) space, the immersive devices used to enter digital worlds are nothing new. What is new is rising consumer awareness of and interest in…
March 21, 2022
The future of the Internet? Just a fancier name for XR? All hype? Whatever the metaverse turns out to be, there’s been a ton of activity in the space in just the first three months…
March 14, 2022
Is complete immersion possible? In theory, yes, if scientists and technologists figure out how to accurately simulate all the human senses in virtual reality. This would…
December 27, 2021
Over the course of 2021, Big Tech went all in on immersive collaboration and anticipation certainly grew for a game changing XR device (or two) from Apple. 2021 was also the year…
September 7, 2021
Discussing the impact or potential of immersive technologies in the workplace is all well and fine, but it's impossible to talk about the future of augmented and virtual reality in…
July 14, 2021
Augmented Reality doesn’t have to be complicated. There’s a ‘subset’ of AR called Assisted Reality and ways to augment workers’ capabilities in a heads-up, hands-free form factor…
July 8, 2021
We’ve said it before, but the question is no longer ‘Should you invest in XR and/or wearables for your business?’ Even before the pandemic, the answer to that was 'yes,' though the…
July 7, 2021
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June 29, 2021
Augmented and virtual reality get a lot of headlines. This is understandable: After all, where would many companies be if not for AR-enabled remote support and VR training to…
June 18, 2021
70% of companies identify knowledge loss as a critical issue. 80% of the global workforce doesn't sit behind a desk. 85.2 million worldwide worker shortage by 2030. These might…
June 4, 2021
We don’t make it a habit of closely following consumer XR news, but it’s undeniable that the pandemic has accelerated AR/VR awareness among consumers, in particular the use of…
May 26, 2021
With 500 shoulder exoskeletons across 6 North American vehicle assembly plants, Toyota is perhaps the most successful use case of industrial exoskeletons to date. How has Toyota…
February 9, 2021
Immersive technologies are proving great at reducing the amount of hands-on training required to operate lift equipment or fly a plane, but can someone become certified in a trade by training in VR alone?
July 29, 2020
Exoskeletons are nothing new and far from science fiction; in fact, researchers began developing exoskeletons for military use as early as the 1960s. For the last decade, engineers have been working on exoskeletons desig
April 7, 2020
If you're unfamiliar with Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in the enterprise, here's a crash course: Companies such as Boeing, Ford and Walmart are adopting…
February 19, 2020
Interview with Michael Calvillo and Carrie Roy I recently had the privilege of interviewing Michael Calvillo and Carrie Roy, who are spearheading the use of voice and smart glasses…
February 5, 2020
The latest (high-end) enterprise VR headsets have something in common: The integration of eye tracking. It seems eye tracking is becoming the standard for second-generation virtual reality headsets, and there are a numbe
January 3, 2020
The HD4000 is not your average pair of smart glasses. Learn about the device, the brainchild of Six15 and Zebra Technologies by reading our interview with Six15's CEO Rich Ryan.…
November 22, 2019
I was recently gifted a pair of Apple AirPods. I’ve had noise cancelling headphones before, but the AirPods Pro offer something new: Active noise cancelling and a transparency mode…
July 22, 2019
He's working with BMW, Boeing and others to introduce standards and raising the bar in the exoskeleton market: Meet Dr. William G. Billotte, Physical Scientist at the National…
July 18, 2019
Are workplace implantables a future reality? Implantables are sometimes mentioned as a category of wearable technology, but is a future in which technology becomes more integrated with our biology, in which we voluntaril
May 6, 2019
What is the most successful piece of wearable technology in human history? Arguably, it’s the hearing aid. In fact, hearing aids might be considered the original hearables. Yes, I…
March 4, 2019
Virtual reality is making inroads in the retail industry, at the same time as more and more companies are realizing the powerful potential of VR for training. Here are some of the…
February 27, 2019
The big news this week has been the unveiling of the much-anticipated, $3,500 HoloLens 2 . The new HoloLens boasts a larger field of view (twice that of the original), higher…
February 22, 2019
Enterprises are looking to 5G in order to adopt more sophisticated AR/VR and wearable technology solutions for a greater variety of use cases. What is 5G? A network revolution…
July 17, 2018
One cannot begin a blog post talking about workplace safety without sharing some statistics: According to OSHA, there are more than 4,700 worker fatalities in the U.S. each year…
November 20, 2017
The Internet of Things is a network of (Internet-) connected objects that have been made “smart” with embedded sensors. These devices collect data about the physical world around…
November 14, 2017
Picavi’s Johanna Bellenberg talks about head-worn devices with the very people implementing the technology at Walmart, GE Transportation, Gensler, USPS, and FM Global.
November 6, 2017
Watch this panel of thought leaders and practitioners from different enterprises share use cases of body- and wrist-worn wearables they’ve deployed in their organizations. You’ll…
October 26, 2017
You wouldn’t think that a financial services corporation, a children’s toy retailer, a railway company, and the U.S. Navy could relate to one another but in this new age of…
September 5, 2017
I recently did some field research. Actually, I went online shopping but I promise it was work-related! As an enterprise wearables expert, I don't usually follow the consumer…
July 31, 2017
Smart glasses like the Vuzix M300 and the long-awaited Google Glass Enterprise Edition; AR/VR headsets like the HoloLens and Oculus Rift; smartwatches like the Samsung Gear…
April 27, 2017
It seems that recently a group of major enterprises, specifically Boeing, UPS, General Electric, ThyssenKrupp Elevator and Lockheed Martin, have been receiving a surge of coverage…
March 29, 2017
Smart glasses, VR headsets and even smart (AR) helmets have been stealing the spotlight when it comes to enterprise wearables, which begs the question: Why haven’t devices worn…
January 11, 2017
As a larger community, enterprise wearable tech users, solution providers, experts and enthusiasts need to get on the same page in 2017. For one, they need to see “eye to eye” when…
December 8, 2016
Choosing the right hands-free POV camera for your business use case. There is tremendous opportunity for wearable cameras of all types in the enterprise.
November 3, 2016
Written by Special Guest Blogger Reginald Parris , Wearables Analyst, Lux Research Fitbit released a set of data to combat skepticism surrounding how wearable activity trackers…
November 2, 2016
New realities – Augmented, Virtual and Mixed – open up tremendous opportunities for visualization, communication and training in the enterprise. Applications for these technologies…
June 9, 2016
Smart glasses can be defined as a wearable computer adding information to what the wearer sees. We propose to segment this new category from the wearer’s perspective, which leaves us with 5 classes of smart eyewear.
May 12, 2016
The latest high-profile wearable devices – including the Microsoft HoloLens and the DAQRI Smart Helmet; new smart glasses like the Vuzix M300, Epson Moverio BT-300, and the Meta 2…
May 9, 2016
HoloLens Augmented Reality Experience featuring the Cat® 287C MTL
April 29, 2016
Written by Special Guest Blogger Joakim Elvander , Senior Partner Engineer and Developer Advocate, Sony Mobile Communications We have a gap. It’s actually quite a huge gap. The gap…
April 23, 2016
Written by Special Guest Blogger Jonathan Melnick , Senior Analyst, Lux Research Amongst much fanfare and hype, Microsoft has begun shipping $3,000 development kits for its…
March 31, 2016
Written by Special Guest Blogger Isaac Brown, Lux Research Today, most people are already familiar with enterprise adoption of wearable devices like Google Glass and the Apple…
March 17, 2016
AREA Webinar: Forecasting Enterprise AR Growth
March 15, 2016
A few months back, we pulled together a number of interesting facts and predictions from studies and reports related to the use of wearable technology in the enterprise. Since…
March 11, 2016
Sources say Augmented Reality will be big for enterprise; Virtual Reality, on the other hand, is expected to have mainly entertainment/gaming applications. The following use cases…
December 22, 2015
It seems as though new reports come out every week related to the growth of wearable technology. According to a report published in November 2015, the market for wearable sensors…
December 22, 2015
Now, how might smart gesture recognition be applied in the enterprise? An obvious place to start would be in considering how a platform like Kiwi ‘s could be employed to diminish…
December 18, 2015
AGCO’s Jackson, Minnesota manufacturing team has incorporated Google Glass to audit finished product before it is shipped to dealers for consumer purchase.
December 16, 2015
We’re pretty stoked on the Microsoft HoloLens “Share Your Idea” campaign . Holographic computing and augmented / mixed reality stand to utterly transform the way we perform our…
December 5, 2015
What do you get when you pair smart glass technology with the world’s greatest art and cultural artifacts? A revolutionary redesign of the museum-going experience.
November 30, 2015
Microsoft HoloLens and Autodesk Fusion 360 are helping improve collaboration across the product development process, enabling engineers and designers to iterate together in…
November 19, 2015
From giving customers a sensor’s vantage point to configuring cars in entirely new ways, Microsoft HoloLens is working to bring Volvo’s cutting edge car features to life in ways…
November 10, 2015
We recently interviewed Garry Orsolini, Technology Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and leader of the team responsible for creating the HPE MyRoom /VRG application…
November 5, 2015
Similarly to mobile technology introductions, implementing enterprise Augmented Reality technologies must be planned. Sound Augmented Reality project planning takes into account…
November 5, 2015
Selecting the best use cases for enterprise Augmented Reality introduction is arguably one of the most important steps that project managers will perform when exploring the…
November 5, 2015
AREA Webinar: Why and How to Introduce Enterprise Augmented Reality
October 28, 2015
Written by Special Guest Blogger Andrew Levy , Co-Founder, Crittercism The wristwatch has been a fashion accessory for almost 450 years – but today, technology has transformed what…
September 30, 2015
Written by Special Guest Blogger Tony Sun , Lux Research , the leading research partner of the Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit 2015 Virtual reality (VR) is not just for…
August 3, 2015
Written by Special Guest Blogger Aditya Kaul, Tractica Voice control is a powerful tool, especially when it comes to performing hands-free tasks in an enterprise setting.…
July 15, 2015
As has been declared in countless reports, articles and blog posts, smart glasses are game changing technology for the enterprise, if not as esteemed by consumers. Indeed, while…
July 9, 2015
Written by Special Guest Blogger Saverio Romeo , Beecham Research The M2M market is gaining the momentum that it has deserved for a long time. The use of machine-to-machine…
July 9, 2015
W've been exploring some of the fascinating ways in which HP is revolutionizing their business through the use of wearable technology. The applications for using wearable tech like…
July 6, 2015
Smart glasses, smart watches, and fitness trackers may steal all the headlines but there are many other types of wearable tech for enterprises to explore; indeed, there is much more out there in this budding area of tech
June 23, 2015
Written by Special Guest Blogger Saverio Romeo , Beecham Research It is not a surprise that the connection between augmented reality and wearable devices, primarily hands-free…
May 18, 2015
You’ve probably seen many headlines claiming that Google Glass is dead, especially following Google’s January decision to stop selling the first version of Glass and end its…
