How AR Boosts Workplace L&D
A report by Cognizant says that technology is boosting learning and development (L&D) in the workplace. The report discusses innovation being constant in the information technology industry as it is continuously changing the way services are delivered to the business and to end users.
The report states “From the mainframe era on to the Internet stage, we’re now experiencing the fifth IT wave, an era in which social, mobile, analytics and cloud [aka the SMAC Stack] are forming a new digital foundation with which to power business. SMAC is already changing how IT is being deployed across industries, and as business becomes increasingly digital this new stack is expected to have a multiplying effect on operational efficiency and productivity.”
According to the report exponential growth in computer processing power and the steady increase in the number of computing devices and users is another constant throughout technologies swift progression with Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality based hardware devices being part of this growing computing base too.
The report says “They leverage advancements in mobile technology and big data analytics to offer new communications channels for enterprise applications. Augmented and virtual reality is converging with SMAC and, as a result, businesses across multiple sectors are now able to tap their vast potential to help users visualize data and instructions that overlay physical assets in real time.”
Many companies are increasingly applying AR tools to create effective training programs that drive employee engagement and success in the highly competitive global marketplace and the report explains “This technology – augmented reality [AR] – is being deployed to more effectively mobilize workers across multiple industries,”
According to Gartner research, AR is poised to become an important workplace tool. AR technology has matured to a point where organizations can use it as an internal tool to complement and enhance key business processes, workflows and employee training. Visualization of content is among the many important business innovations that AR can facilitate.