B2B and B2C organizations from a variety of verticals continue to leverage Augmented Reality (AR) to deliver experiences that are both innovative and immersive. At this juncture, we decided to take a step back and look at where AR technology is currently and where it’s going. Here are a few applications we are excited to share.Hate your hairstylist? AR to the rescue!When L’Oreal launched its AR Makeup app - Makeup Genius, way back in 2014 AR was in its infancy. Today, it’s an all pervasive technology helping brands train their hairdressers to better serve their customers. In fact, in a report released by L’Oreal in 2017, AR was one of the more important focus areas for the brand. In keeping with this agenda, they launched a hugely publicised ‘New Beauty Experience’ that showcased this technology. Following on the heels of L’Oreal is Coty cosmetics, who have launched a smart mirror that helps give customers the individual attention that they so desperately crave for. And this is only the beginning, be sure to watch this space for more updates.AR in Retail BuyingAnother area where Augmented Reality can play a huge role is in the ever-growing e-commerce space. With consumers increasingly ordering online and on-the-go, retailers are under tremendous pressure to satiate their needs. The ease of the online form factor also results in a huge number of returns, according to UK Digital Agency Engine Creative. Here’s where the AR solution is a perfect twofer. Apps based on Augmented Reality allow consumers to try products before they click on the buy button. This feature allows customers to virtually try on actual products either in person or in a home environment thereby reducing the chances of returns. Virtual fitting rooms are another type of advanced use case of AR in the retail space.Augmented Reality in Healthcare Healthcare is one of the industries that is expected to grow immensely, especially with the huge increase in population numbers across the globe. Augmented Reality makes it a wee bit easier for doctors to better help their patients. Using AR, it becomes easier for surgeons to visualise the human anatomy and helps in performing complicated surgery, an augmented surgery if you will. This technology is also useful in the field of medical education. Students or practising doctors can virtually do surgery that helps simulate a real-life situation and be better prepared. With the AR in healthcare industry expected to reach $1.5 billion by 2020, this is a huge shot in the arm for hospitals, doctors and patients alike (pun intended).Augmented Reality in Manufacturing As machines become more complex, it becomes difficult to create manuals for each unique assembly and also increases the cost of training workers. Besides, tracking employee productivity is also a problem. Upskilling lower-skilled resources is a highly time-consuming process leading to inefficiency in the short term. Augmented reality leverages the richness of 3D in a completely unique way. It supports the user in the production line, provides on-the-job training while enabling inspection of products to test out features. Another unexpected benefit is that the sales team would now be able to actually demonstrate machinery to their potential clients in a way totally unprecedented a decade ago.There are many more use cases where AR is playing a role in literally augmenting the quality of life in other industries. Some of these include Tourism, Servicing industries like HVAC, and even agriculture has a lot of interesting use cases to improve food production output in the coming years.Ideas2IT has always been at the forefront in adopting emerging technology. At a time when Augmented Reality was just a buzzword, we already had a trained fleet of AR experts. Our AR solutions are currently being implemented in various domains like retail buying, manufacturing and pet adoption, just to name a few. If you have a business idea, you can trust us to make it a reality. Reach us at sales@ideas2it.com and let’s embrace the future together!About Ideas2IT:Are you looking to build a great product or service? Do you foresee technical challenges? If you answered yes to the above questions, then you must talk to us. We are a world-class Custom dot net development company. We take up projects that are in our area of expertise. We know what we are good at and more importantly what we are not. We carefully choose projects where we strongly believe that we can add value. And not just in engineering but also in terms of how well we understand the domain. Book a free consultation with us today. Let’s work together.
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