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This is a survey of potential industrial use cases that spans a variety of domains. The article feels like a submarine [0]. It's hard for me to imagine getting

This is a survey of potential industrial use cases that spans a variety of domains. The article feels like a submarine [0]. It's hard for me to imagine getting from where most businesses are now (unable to share data internally among teams, limited investment in web dashboards that show live data) to a fancier "live data overlaid with physical systems." Is there that much value differentiation? I get the tech appeal, and it looks cool. I'm not clear the cost/benefit is there in general. I do suspect AR will be adopted in two scenarios. In niche domains where cost/benefit is acceptable (where?). And the other scenario is "shiny buttons and blinky lights" pet projects. [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

sech8420 5y ago
I'm the writer, and I can relate with your opinion on whether the cost/benefit is there. From the responses, it appears many wonder this as well. The biggest benefit I can imagine where the cost is outweighed, is when AR is used to reduce downtime of huge output facilities. If using AR could save an organization even just 10 minutes of downtime in a year, depending on their output, it could likely be worth the investment. Time will tell how it greatly it gets adopted. We sure as hell are betting on the fact that it does. And now seems like a good time in the adoption curve to place that bet.
smoe 5y ago
I think AR is being used lightly in robot-assisted surgery and in the future telesurgery. But to my knowledge so far AR is used more for the trainings on how to use the machines. The surgeons already work with sort of massive stationary VR glasses, so it is not that big of a jump to augment the image it if it adds value. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Robot_assisted_surgery.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Robot_as...

sech8420 5y ago

I'm the writer, and I can relate with your opinion on whether the cost/benefit is there. From the responses, it appears many wonder this as well. The biggest benefit I can imagine where the cost is outweighed, is when AR is used to reduce downtime of huge output facilities. If using AR could save an organization even just 10 minutes of downtime in a year, depending on their output, it could likely be worth the investment. Time will tell how it greatly it gets adopted. We sure as hell are betting on the fact that it does. And now seems like a good time in the adoption curve to place that bet.

smoe 5y ago

I think AR is being used lightly in robot-assisted surgery and in the future telesurgery. But to my knowledge so far AR is used more for the trainings on how to use the machines. The surgeons already work with sort of massive stationary VR glasses, so it is not that big of a jump to augment the image it if it adds value. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Robot_assisted_surgery.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Robot_as...