Utility Industry And Augmented Reality

Utilities Are Investing in Augmented Reality Testing

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Utilities continually invest in technology as they strive to become digitally-managed organizations. In this article on Intelligent Utility portal, the authors describe hands-free displays as one of the new tools that will enable the use of data in utility industry workflows. Features of several products that could be introduced shed light on the requirements of utility companies. The authors describe use cases and suggest that utilities have been working with regulators to fund future technology pilots using Augmented Reality. The AREA member, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) has partnered with numerous utilities and is a though leader in this domain. 

Augmented reality gives power to utilities managers, gamers and advertisers. Source: http://stoppress.co.nz/didge/augmented-reality-gives-power-utilities-managers-gamers-and-advertisers

<more at http://thearea.org/utilities-investing-augmented-reality-testing/; related links: http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/02/10/utility-industry-begins-big-experiment-with-augmented-reality/#7f3cb7aa6973 (Utility Industry Begins Big Experiment With Augmented Reality. February 10, 2016) and http://www.intelligentutility.com/article/14/12/now-time-utilities-look-wearable-tech (Now is the time for utilities to look at wearable tech. December 21, 2014)>