Immersive tech: Making VR/AR collaboration work

Posted on 4 Aug 2021 by The Manufacturer

With continued technological progress, immersive technology is being increasingly used for collaboration. Niklas Friederici and Dr Thomas Bohné from IfM discuss how this trend has been accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting many professionals to collaborate remotely more than ever before.

Immersive technology includes anything that integrates digital content into the real world, from smartphone-based augmented reality games to virtual worlds that can be explored jointly through head-mounted displays. Collaborative immersive technology has been used in business in a number of ways. These ways include: ‘remote experts’ (physically absent experts that support local employees with a…

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