2016 has been a big year for augmented reality, with games like “Pokémon GO” acclimating ordinary smartphone users to the idea of the digital world spilling over into the real one. This concept, however, is not all fun and games. The German steel conglomerate well-known for its elevator manufacture, ThyssenKrupp recently unveiled plans to equip its lift repair workers with Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality smartglasses, which will allow them to bring digital models and other useful forms of information directly into their fields of vision when they are on the job site. The company claims this technology will make elevator repair safer and more efficient than ever before. All images courtesy ThyssenKrupp “Using HoloLens, service technicians will be able to visualize and identify problems with elevators ahead of a job, and have remote, hands-free access to technical and expert information when on site — all resulting in significant savings in time and stress,” the company explains on its website. “Initial field trials have already shown that a service maintenance intervention can be done up to four times faster than before by using the device.” When technicians don the glasses, they see a digital ... , Pat Finn, read more Architizer http://ift.tt/2dfwpyC
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