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- Agent-Oriented Architecture
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- Agentic AI for Customer Engagement
- Agentic AI for Decision Support
- Agentic AI for Knowledge Management
- Agentic AI for Predictive Operations
- Agentic AI for Process Optimization
- Agentic AI for Workflow Automation
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- Agile Development
- Agile Development Methodology
- AI Agents for IT Service Management
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- AI for Demand Forecasting
- AI for Edge Computing (Edge AI)
- AI for Energy Consumption Optimization
- AI for Predictive Analytics
- AI for Predictive Maintenance
- AI for Real Time Risk Monitoring
- AI for Telecom Network Optimization
- AI Orchestration
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- Application Modernization
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What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes computer-generated images, information, and sensory input onto a user's view of the real world. Unlike Virtual Reality (VR), which creates a fully immersive, simulated environment, AR enhances the real environment, making it a powerful tool for context-aware information delivery, hands-free work, and collaboration in enterprise settings.
What Are the Key Benefits of Augmented Reality?
- Real-Time Registration and Tracking: Using cameras, sensors (e.g., LiDAR, GPS, accelerometers), and computer vision to precisely map and track the user's real-world environment and place virtual content accurately within it.
- Contextual Overlay: Displaying digital information (text, 3D models, instructions, dashboards) that is immediately relevant to the physical object or location the user is viewing.
- Spatial Mapping: Creating a digital mesh or map of the physical surroundings to allow virtual objects to interact logically with real-world surfaces and boundaries.
- Intuitive Interaction: Enabling users to interact with the augmented environment using gaze, voice commands, or hand gestures, freeing up their hands for physical tasks.
- Hardware Agnosticism: Developing applications that function across various devices, including mobile phones (via ARKit/ARCore), tablets, and specialized AR smart glasses (e.g., Microsoft HoloLens).
- Data Integration: Seamlessly pulling real-time data from enterprise backend systems (e.g., ERP, IoT platforms, Cloud databases) and rendering it instantly within the user's field of view.
What Are Some Augmented Reality Use Cases at Xebia?
- Field Service and Remote Assistance: Deploying AR applications for technicians to receive real-time visual guidance, schematics, and expert remote annotations overlaid directly onto complex machinery, drastically reducing diagnostic time and travel costs.
- Manufacturing and Assembly Instructions: Creating AR-guided work instructions where step-by-step digital overlays show factory workers exactly where, how, and with what tools to assemble or inspect products, minimizing errors and speeding up production.
- Data Visualization for Operations: Developing AR overlays for operational dashboards that project real-time IoT and performance data onto physical equipment (e.g., displaying server load on a physical server rack or performance metrics on a factory control panel).
- Retail and E-commerce Experience: Building AR features that allow customers to virtually place products (like furniture or clothing) in their own homes via their mobile devices before purchasing, reducing returns and improving customer confidence.
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