The Future Of Augmented Reality In Diverse Industry Domains

As organizations and their employees are moving closer to the digital era, relationships are fostered in a digital zone. For the last two decades people communicated through emails and messages to video calls; technology has advanced towards a two-dimensional approach. Augmented and virtual reality are driving the real world, providing complete experiences with innovative ways of collaborating and working. These are redefining the ways people do business or communicate with others to maintain new relationships.

Augmented Reality (AR) is already seeping into everyone’s lives with an aim to make learning easier and more efficient. It provides an integrated online learning platform with a myriad of possibilities, where learners can access courses anytime and anywhere. AR will evolve the way we engage and collaborate. Virtual Reality (VR) replicates real-world situations in which learners interact and respond. But, AR provides   a step ahead experience by overlaying sensors (sound, touch, smell, etc.) within a real-time environment.

Augmented Reality for Workplace Learning

AR delivers tailored learning experiences for workforce training and development. Enterprises are exponentially increasing the utilization of enterprise LMS and creating e-courses that cater to diversified learning needs to enhance employee engagement. As per the American Society for Training and Development, training investments improve an organization’s workplace productivity. The rise of $680 in training expenses per employee generates, an average of 6% improvement in total shareholder return.

The Future of AR

Today, AR is considered as a smart game changer, as it delivers learning which mitigates dependency upon people as well as hardware by providing real-time information in an efficient manner. Audios and gestures are becoming key strategic elements in online learning and AR empowers this interactivity to boost knowledge retention. As AR-based solutions are aligned with situation-based learning, organizations investing for workforce training and development should find this appealing.

Augmented Reality is increasingly becoming a significant technology for enterprises, bridging the gap between virtual and real world. For organizations looking to incorporate AR and VR into their e-learning programs are primed to make long-term gains. Although these are at nascent stages and need to mature in the future, they will become a key component of future enterprises. Keeping this in mind, organizations need to ensure how to embed their LMS technologies with AR and train employees on how to leverage ample benefits from them.

Source:http://datacondental.com/sites/default/files/Datacon/NewsletterPDFs/2011/Aug11.pdf