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Index AR Solutions Partners with Westar Energy® to Launch LineAssist SuperApp®, Using Augmented Reality to Make Work Safer and Faster

Premiere Offering in Library of Index AR Applications Helps Electrical Utility Linemen Visualize Complex Maintenance Tasks Williamsburg, Va. – Index AR Solutions, a leading provider of enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) applications, announced today it has partnered with Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WR) to launch LineAssist, a highly visual mobile training and field application that helps electrical … Continue reading “Index AR Solutions Partners with Westar Energy® to Launch LineAssist SuperApp®, Using Augmented Reality to Make Work Safer and Faster”


Index AR Solutions Introduces New Solutions for Electrical Utilities at EPRI Augmented Reality Workshop

A number of powerful Index AR Solutions offerings were introduced to augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) thought leaders from utilities and other companies from around the world at the recent Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Augmented Reality for Leading Edge Utilities workshop in Mountain View, Calif. The conference, held April 24-25, 2018, focused … Continue reading “Index AR Solutions Introduces New Solutions for Electrical Utilities at EPRI Augmented Reality Workshop”


The Next Wave: Augmented Reality as a Tool in the Lineman’s Toolbox

In the April issue of T&D World Magazine, Rich Maxwell penned an article on the state of transmission and distribution apps where he highlighted the wide variety of mobile apps that are popping up in support of a growing assortment of electric utility field use cases. Maxwell noted that collectively, these powerful apps are serving … Continue reading “The Next Wave: Augmented Reality as a Tool in the Lineman’s Toolbox”


Westar Energy Showcases the Benefits of Index AR Solutions at NERC’s 2018 Human Performance Conference

Augmented Reality (AR) was a major topic of discussion at the 2018 Human Performance Conference hosted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The group’s seventh annual conference and workshops took place March 27-29 in Atlanta, Georgia. One of the featured speakers at the conference was Dave Claussen, Senior Director of Substation Construction and … Continue reading “Westar Energy Showcases the Benefits of Index AR Solutions at NERC’s 2018 Human Performance Conference”


O’Reilly Author on Augmenting Industrial Reality and Bigger Things to Come

Author Leah Hunter writes about the human side of technology for Fast Company and other leading publications. In her recently published book “Augmented Reality for the Industrial Enterprise,” Hunter described how integration tools and vision systems are two major developments pushing augmented reality (AR) forward in the enterprise, paving the way for even greater advances … Continue reading “O’Reilly Author on Augmenting Industrial Reality and Bigger Things to Come”


Seeking Alpha Says Index AR is Disrupting the Industrial Augmented Reality Market

The enterprise industrial space is proving to be one of the first areas where augmented reality (AR) is showing adoption and business benefit, particularly around worker productivity. And this is in Index AR’s wheelhouse. In a piece for the investment research platform Seeking Alpha, writer Derrick Zierler wrote that “Index AR Solutions has been an … Continue reading “Seeking Alpha Says Index AR is Disrupting the Industrial Augmented Reality Market”


The $105 Billion Enterprise Market for Pokémon Go

MIT Sloan Management Review


Index AR Solutions: AR Market For U.S. Enterprise To Reach $105

MacTech


2016 Predictions: Augmented Reality Ready To Tackle Industrial Challenges

Manufacturing.net


Transforming the way we design, build, inspect, and maintain ships

Marine Log