Opinion: XR collaboration is key to factory floor transformation

But that's often easier said than done with global teams and dispersed supply chains – and the increasing amount of data that is being processed by machines on the factory floor.

Global engineering and manufacturing teams face complex challenges when rolling out digital transformation initiatives. Large companies tend to have very complex technical architectures that have been incrementally growing over time. This makes it difficult to change existing processes.

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Additionally, when they try to adopt innovations such as immersive technology, they face very high barriers to adoption because it’s hard to scale them. All too often, innovation starts with a proof of concept that is developed around siloed data and for a specific use case – making it difficult to embed into existing workflows for widespread use across teams. This becomes an even bigger challenge when you factor in geographic location and complex supply chains.