Strategic Focus: Corporate EHS Use Cases For Augmented Reality Wearables
Steve Bolton
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Executive Summary
This report helps corporate managers understand use cases for augmented reality wearables (ARWs) and evaluate them for their own operations. This report also presents the benefits of ARWs across three deployment scenarios based on whether benefits are available and proven enough in the short term to be used for EHS and operational excellence (OpEx) programmes. Verdantix has identified seven EHS and OpEx use cases for ARWs that can generate benefits for a firm ranging from job risk visualization to immersive analytics to reduce long-term EHS or OpEx risk. While there are emerging proof points of the value of these use cases, Verdantix recommends that corporate executives take a pragmatic view of their needs, risk appetite and potential business case in order to determine their wearables investment plans given the relative novelty of these solutions within the market.ARW Vendors Are Bringing New Technology To Industrial Settings
Defining Industrial Use Cases For ARW Deployment
Orienting A Firm’s Potential Path For Deploying ARWs
Checking For Alignment Between Use Cases With EHS/OpEx Benefits And A Firm’s Needs
Three Scenarios Of ARW Deployment
Figure 2. Growing Demand For ARWs That Enable Remote Content Delivery Or Mentoring
Figure 3. Large Potential For ARWs That Enable Remote Content Delivery Or Mentoring
Figure 4. Projected Revenues Of Connected Worker Devices For Remote Content Delivery Or Mentoring
Figure 5. Corporate Concerns Regarding ARWs For Remote Content Delivery Or Mentoring
Figure 6. Three Scenarios For ARW Deployment Defined By (A) People, (B) Processes And (C) Technology
About the Authors
Steve Bolton
Research Director
Steve leads the Verdantix EHS research practice, based out of our New York office. He has 25 years of experience advising on sustainability, EHS, circular economy, corporate s...
Rodolphe d’Arjuzon
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder
Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...
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