Augmented reality is already here, albeit with tablets, smartphones and luxury automobiles. The utility of augmenting reality will empower the workforce to be smarter and make better decisions. Hands free information enables workers to perform tasks faster and easier, by receiving information more seamlessly than stopping, and interacting with their phones and tablets and then waiting/reading the results.
A recent study from Rackspace Inc. entitled “The Human Cloud At Work” shows that employees with wearable devices increase their productivity by 8.5% and their job satisfaction by 3.5%.