What Are Smart Glasses? Industrial Use
Smart glasses are wearable displays that show information in your field of view, hands-free. Learn the types, industrial uses and when they beat tablets.
Definition
Smart glasses are wearable devices that show digital information in the user's field of view, keeping both hands free. They range from simple monocular displays to full AR headsets. Actarion uses smart glasses and headsets for hands-free work instructions and remote expert support.
Why does it matter on the shop floor?
- Technicians juggle a tablet and tools on a ladder.
- Remote experts cannot see what the technician sees.
What are smart glasses?
Smart glasses are head-worn displays with a camera and sensors that present information in or near the user's field of view.
Assisted-reality glasses show a small screen next to the eye. AR and mixed reality headsets anchor content in the room. Choice depends on task, environment and session length.
Key elements
- 1Assisted reality: small display, hands-free.
- 2AR glasses: overlay on the real world.
- 3Mixed reality headsets: full spatial interaction.
Example from the shop floor
A field technician wears glasses, follows the next step in view and streams video to an expert who marks the right connector.
How does Actarion help?
- Actarion tests smart glasses on your own task in the pilot and runs the same instruction on tablets.
- Digital, step-by-step work instructions generated from your SOPs with AI.
- AR guidance on tablets and AR glasses, with an audit trail per execution.
Frequently asked questions
Not always. Some only show a screen; AR glasses anchor content to the world.
It depends on weight and battery; plan per task.
Some models do; check per device and site rules.
