Volkswagen’s existing vehicles already incorporate certain augmented reality elements. Its most recent ID electric vehicles include an augmented reality heads-up display, which projects data from the car, such as current speed and navigation directions, onto the windshield, where the driver can see it without taking their eyes off the road.
Unsurprisingly, given that Microsoft is clearly targeting the $3,500 HoloLens 2 at commercial customers, there’s no indication that it will be available to consumers anytime soon. Instead, Microsoft thinks that the first beneficiaries of the new capabilities could be maritime enterprises that can connect workers with remote mechanical specialists who can identify an issue by looking through a worker’s HoloLens 2.
