Companies already have begun experimenting with augmented reality headsets and tablets, primarily to guide workers through manufacturing and maintenance processes. Demand for augmented reality displays could also filter into research and development and product design, Mr. Park said. Younger workers including those in the millennial generation will embrace these new technologies and help drive their popularity in the workplace, Mr. Park said. Virtual reality headsets will have to overcome some challenges in the next few years, Mr. Park said. “The technology we have today is in its adolescence,” Gartner’s Mr. Nguyen said, referring to augmented and virtual reality displays.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 11, 2019 21:56 UTC