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Beyond financial and operational benefits, sustainability benefits of Assisted Reality (aR) should not be overlooked. While travel cost and downtime reductions are significant benefits of remote assistance, so is the positive environmental impact stemming from them. Travel cost is easy to understand, although the specific costs and potential benefits of aR can vary depending on many factors: operational scale, the average amount of travel, type of travel, number of travelers, distance traveled, and total time traveling. These can all correlate not only with costs to the business but also with emissions and overall sustainability. If work previously requiring travel can be accomplished without travel, that is obviously a more sustainable enterprise.
Time to market is rapid for aR remote assistance, meaning both business and environmental benefits can be seen almost instantly. Existing remote enablement options have been too limited to feasibly supplant required on-site personnel, especially in complex working environments and with complicated workflows. Hands-free aR is the first technology to truly be able to enable remote operation in these situations.
If anything is holding back sustainability efforts, it is not a lack of importance or potential. Recently, RealWear conducted a survey of its customers to understand their sustainability desires and potential usage of RealWear Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) to support efforts. A total of 183 respondents worldwide contributed (executive, sales/marketing, frontline workers, Information Technology (IT), and operations roles were surveyed), covering small and large companies across industries.
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