Mixed reality headsets enter workplaces in Japan

Smart goggles help instruct factory workers, take video meetings to the next level

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A Horie Railway Electric Engineering worker wearing a HoloLens headset.

REI NAKAFUJI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Mixed reality goggles are being introduced into workplaces in order to give long-distance technical guidance and hold remote conferences amid the coronavirus pandemic, but still face challenges such as increasing the variety of headsets and cutting costs.

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