Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

The application of augment reality glasses remains the same as it always has been. The trouble is that application isn’t fashionable or cool.

Google Glass is up and down these days. I can’t follow the story, so I don’t know if it is dead or reborn or something.

The application of augmented reality glasses remains as it always has been:

Augmented reality glasses are useful in situations when a person is using both hands for a critical task.

Consider a car mechanic who has both hands grasping tools in the middle of an engine and needs to understand what that little part in front of him is and is supposed to do and how it is supposed to appear and so on. The mechanic can’t stop and find answers in a manual or online. The mechanic needs the augmented reality glasses to recognize the part and display pertinent information.

Now consider a surgeon who has both hands holding tools inside your chest on the operating table. Hmm, that’s a bit more important than an oil change on your car.

Now consider a parent holding a baby still with both hands while trying to determine how to remove that object that is preventing the baby from breathing. Again, a bit more important than an oil change.

These examples are much more important that pointing Google Glass towards a city block full of restaurants while trying to learn which has the best, latest reviews for Chinese food.

It is a matter of perspective.