AR and VR were always thought as a technology that is aimed at gamers or for content creators. But the advantages of such a system and its use cases have turned heads in the business sectors too. Today, companies are looking an AR and VR systems as a potential tool that can boost productivity.
Recently, California based augmented reality solutions provider Atheer Inc. has made headlines by unveiling info on their new project – An Augmented Reality Enterprise management solution.
With their AR Management Platform, Atheer wishes to change companies to work and bring a major productivity boost to the different verticals of business. Basically, This AR Management Platform solves a major problem surrounding today’s work environment – Deskless workers. It is estimated that about 2.7 billion workers in various industries in the world do not have a desk where they can access their computer. It goes to show that a large part of the population has on the go type of jobs.
Atheer wants to change that by offering them AR based solutions.
“Augmented Reality (AR) provides the answer to empowering that huge swath of the global workforce with a technology that will dramatically increase what they are able to accomplish at work – and improve the way they do so,” suggest the authors of the new White Paper (Bobby Yazdani, chairman of the board of Atheer, and Sanjog Gad, CEO of Atheer).
“The new Augmented Reality Management Platform offers the promise of providing every member of the workforce with relevant, contextual, personalized information and guidance from across the enterprise into their field of view in a seamless, hands-free, intuitive manner that transforms the way they work.” – Transforming the Enterprise whitepaper, by Atheer.
Atheer has partnered up with Toshiba to use their smart glasses for enterprise use cases. The glass can be easily paired with Android, iOS or Windows platforms. The glasses can provide information such as point of view photo, video capture, workflow, and task display, barcode scanning, and integration with other business platforms.
Imagine the advantages of using such technology onsite without having to approach your desk but have every functionally in a smart glass. We can expect to see further developments in the coming months.