TOKYO -- Microsoft's mixed-reality technology is reaching Toyota Motor's factory floor, the American computing giant's leader said in a Monday speech here as it works to strengthen its position in big-data services for corporate customers.
The automaker is weighing introducing Microsoft's HoloLens goggles, which can superimpose graphics and text on the real world, at production lines -- a move expected to bring improvements across a range of tasks. For example, the technology "completely changes the pace and the speed with which you can go about doing something like" checking the thickness of a vehicle's coat of paint, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said.
