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BEST PRACTICES & STRATEGIES

3. How can you interact with your AR device parts they’re examining, including stock levels and
and application? performance ratings, providing useful extra context and
further speeding up their ability to identify and fix faults.
AR accommodates new kinds of user input like voice
commands, gestures, and gaze. If your organization Clearly, AR can play a pivotal role in boosting
requires staff to work within a limited space, it’s employee productivity and company profitability. But its
impractical to use an AR app requiring complex gestural ability to improve how we perform a task is dependent
controls. Voice commands would be a more efficient on careful planning and informed decision making -
input system. If a task takes a long time to complete, you from the initial research stages to deployment.
should consider whether it’s comfortable for a user to
wear AR glasses for the duration of their work, or The path towards adopting AR isn’t always uniform and
whether they should only use AR for the most complex each company has their own unique journey. PwC can
parts of their job. help you navigate the complexities of augmented reality
technology, guiding you to discover, devise, develop
If your users find AR wearables uncomfortable or even and deploy AR solutions for your business. ◊
technologically intimidating, it’s possible to view AR
through a mobile device as a more familiar, more By Jeremy Dalton, Head of VR/AR, PwC UK &
Mark Sage, Executive Director, AR for Enterprise Alliance
comfortable and less intrusive option for your staff.
4. Integrating AR into your existing ecosystem

Too many organizations consider AR solutions in a silo.
However, without connecting to your business systems
that it can pull and record data from/to, it is unlikely to be
a long-lasting effective solution. As part of this process,
you will need to collaborate with your IT department to
ensure the AR hardware and software is compliant with
your internal security regulations.

Let’s look at the car mechanic example again: As an
isolated solution, the AR system helps them to fix cars This article was written in conjunction with AREA
more quickly and with fewer errors. When connected to (Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance) - a global,
membership-funded non-profit alliance dedicated to
the company’s database of car parts, it could provide the helping accelerate the adoption of enterprise AR by
mechanic with more detailed information about individual supporting the growth of a comprehensive ecosystem.

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