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quickthrowmantoday at 2:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

I’ve had the same thought re: AR glasses with a HUD for mechanics/construction workers, there are a lot of cool possibilities.


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dam_jackalopestoday at 3:24 PM

We worked on a proof of concept using HoloLens for an engine teardown team at a trucking OEM. Ran into issues around network, security, the Hololens itself and a general disinterest from the teardown team but there's a lot of room to run in this space. It was a fun, if frustrating, project.

realotoday at 3:19 PM

Yeah ... then you can have basically anyone off the street do the job. A great opportunity to pay your jumbo jet mechanics less than taxi drivers.

I guess it would explain those small insignificant issues, however:

https://viewfromthewing.com/ntsb-report-confirms-the-unravel...