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Beacon NY 2020–01–05 | I’ve been laying low, entertaining family and friends, and not writing much. That is about to change as I am hitting 2020 running.
Happy New Year.
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Workers may lead companies to adopt XR tech | Valerie Bolden-Barrett makes a simple case for XR (augmented and virtual reality as a combined category): workers are willing.
78% of workers surveyed would be open to wearing extended reality headsets (the broad term for AR and VR tech, also seen as XR) at their employer’s request, and 48% think XR headsets and related devices could help them learn new skills at work. More than half of surveyed respondents (55%) said these headsets and devices will be as commonplace as smartphones. And under half of respondents think technology will be less visible, operating in the background so that they can focus on their work.
This is a counter-argument to the claim that there is no generation of devices after phones. XR is the ultimate platform, especially when coupled with lightweight ‘eyebuds’. Will perhaps be the proof for 5G realization.
