IIOT and augmented reality - applications in Industry
Published on : Monday 30-11--0001
Fusion of technologies has added new dimensions to the innovations fueled by the industry requirement to stay on the top and come up with something new and innovative for the customer. IIoT and augmented reality are inevitably a match made in heaven.
IoT is all about gathering data and turning it into information and augmented reality is all about providing people doing the work with that information in a form that allows them to do more with it. IIoT in conjunction with big data analytics, would result in more effective and efficient use of resources. Service companies can leverage IIoT-based solutions by helping their technicians to monitor and assess issues visiting their customer's location. IIoT would help bridge the demand-supply gap for businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, with the integration of inventory management and customer relationship management systems. To bridge that gap, companies will have to bring organized data into business systems already in use, so the data can easily be accesed and analyzed.
IIOT and augmented reality have opened a new domain of its own, and the applications are widespread throughout the industries. IIOT and Augmented reality can be applied to any industry:
- Automotive – Digital helmet displays the health checkup of components of an Automotive used in the industry. Caterpillar is using augmented reality technology for predictive maintenance.
- Media and Telecom - IIOT and augmented reality opens a new avenue for the innovative media advertisement. Augmented Reality holds everything for people of every age. Telecom industry also uses IIOT and Augmented reality for predictive maintenance.
- Healthcare – Pharma companies, can provide more innovative drug information. Nurses can find veins easier with augmented reality for the obese person. Patients can describe their symptoms better though AR.
- Retail & Consumer - AR and IIOT adds Proximity, Presence, and Interaction in the Buying Experience. Seeing the various color selections and other modifications helps the customer in modify or customizes selections. Visualizing and understanding products and features also adds to the benefits of IIOT and AR.
- Real Estate and public sector - The builders and the civil engineers are using it to design their building in a copy book manner as presented in AR. The builders use it to attract the customers by giving them real time feel of their projects. It is widely used in public sector to plan the city and the construction.
- Energy and Mining - Augmented and virtual reality and IIOT technologies have the potential to improve mine productivity, reduce equipment maintenance costs, and protect personnel.
- Financial Services – The existing brick and mortar bank branch services can be enhanced with AR and IIOT. 3D visualization and mixed reality enrich financial traders’ user experience. VR provides an immersive learning experience to educate children about money.
- Hospitality and Leisure - AR and IIOT can help people decide their next Travel and tourism destination by being in that place virtually, and it can help them decide what all place they can visit according to their likings.
- Manufacturing: IIoT can enable the transmission of acquisition and accessibility of far greater amounts of data, at far greater speeds, and far more efficiently than before. This can be a great support for modern manufacturing units. Nowadays, some companies have started to implement the IIoT by leveraging intelligent, connected devices in their factories.
How will IIOT lead?
The main role of IIoT lies in improvising connectivity, efficiency, scalability, time savings, and cost savings for industrial organizations by leaps and bounds. Business leaders can use IIoT data to get a full and accurate view of how their enterprise is doing for better decision making. In the present scenario, companies are already getting an edge over others from the IIoT through cost savings due to future-predictive maintenance, better safety options, and other operational efficiencies. IIoT networks of intelligent devices allow industrial organizations to break open data silos and connect all of their people, data, and processes from the factory floor to the executive offices.
Challenges of the IIoT
The biggest challenge of IIoT today is Interoperability - between devices and machines that use different protocols and have different architectures. The next is security that usually surrounds the implementation of IIoT. Security and privacy remain the major concerns surrounding the internet of things. Hackers can steal private information or misuse aggregated data, and interconnected systems are particularly vulnerable to malicious attacks or tampering. Therefore, the industry will need to continue to devise strong and creative countermeasures as IIoT develops.
Today enterprises are pushing to modernize systems and equipment to meet new regulations, to keep up with increasing market speed and volatility, and to deal with disruptive technologies. Businesses that that get support from IIoT have seen a great impact on safety, efficiency, and profitability, As this trend gathers momentum, theee challenges will also get solutions, making it more value addition.
The incubation of IIoT solution greatly improves connectivity, efficiency, scalability, time savings, and cost savings for industrial organizations. IIoT is poised to significantly improve reliability, production, and customer satisfaction. Initially focusing on improving existing processes and augmented current infrastructure, IIoT will rely upon as well as integrate with certain key technologies, devices, software, and applications.
It can unite the people and systems on the plant floor with those at the enterprise level. The complete circle of IIOT allows enterprises to get the most value from their system without being constrained by technological and economic limitations anymore. Everything is unmanned and machine controlled now. There are great need and desire for increased connectivity and access to valuable data produced by factory machines.
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In a nutshell, augmented reality and IIoT can completely change the way geographically dispersed employees connect. When the team holds a meeting, remote workers can often be detached from the group or become easily distracted. With AR, however, it is as if everybody is present in the room. The meeting instantly becomes more engaging for the remote workers, and those who are physically present are more likely to include them in the discussion. Even subtle things like eye contact and facial expressions can increase the effectiveness of your collaborative efforts.