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Trimble's new XR10 headset, which incorporates Hololens2 augmented reality glasses recently announced by Microsoft, is a commendable attempt to dramatically improve productivity. Unfortunately, there is no effort to understand the future of work. Instead of empowering operators, mixed-reality displays will simply stifle creativity and perpetuate top-down management styles.
The Trimble XR10, powered by Hololens2, is trying to change jobs, but misses it.Microsoft
The construction industry seems to be an obvious choice for a tool that can help guide operators in performing their tasks. Indeed, most of the media published around the launch this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona show workers interacting with digital plans at the construction site. Overlaying cards to reality may help reduce errors and adding the ability to read instructions or take action while performing the task may help improve efficiency.
This boost to production is badly needed. Construction is one of the few sectors to record a decline in output per worker over the last two decades, while manufacturing productivity has improved by 70%, McKinsey pointed out few years ago.
By facilitating the massive adoption of mixed reality applications in the construction, the XR10 can help reduce the productivity gap. The XR10 is primarily focused on ensuring compliance and reducing rework costs. In doing so, it does not differ from the majority of its peers: most augmented reality solutions, in their current form, tend to be used to enforce existing rules.
However, to make a real dent, a new approach to work is needed – an approach that empowers operators. The need for a new approach was underlined by another McKinsey study, which identified only 5% of jobs that could be replaced by automation, although 50% of jobs were rendered superfluous.
Depending on the size of our current labor market, this contrast means that we need to identify billions of individual tasks to take full advantage of new technologies. This is clearly beyond the reach of hierarchical organizations, even the best organized ones. & Nbsp; At the same time, it is most often repetitive tasks that workers hate and contribute to low job satisfaction. Our only hope of generating productivity in construction and beyond is to trust those who know their tasks best to automate their own workflows.
Operator-driven automation strongly contrasts with the rule-based models represented by the XR10. Instead of posting instructions, we could give workers the power to design their own experience based on their own needs. The tools that do it, including Robotic automation platforms for processes such as Zapier, are already steaming. The ongoing focus on control-based tools, such as the XR10, emphasizes that there is still much to be done.
All hope is not lost yet. Although the first applications to be loaded on the XR10 focus on the application of rules, this does not mean that all future applications will do so. By marketing this offer now, Trimble and Microsoft are creating the acceptance and infrastructure that future developers could use to provide empowering solutions in the operator's field of vision. Before this can happen, our modern management approach must change. Technology is simply a vehicle through which it expresses itself.
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Trimble's new XR10 headset, which incorporates Hololens2 augmented reality glasses recently announced by Microsoft, is a commendable attempt to dramatically improve productivity. Unfortunately, there is no effort to understand the future of work. Instead of empowering operators, mixed-reality displays will simply stifle creativity and perpetuate top-down management styles.
The Trimble XR10, powered by Hololens2, is trying to change jobs, but misses it.Microsoft
The construction industry seems to be an obvious choice for a tool that can help guide operators in performing their tasks. Indeed, most of the media published around the launch this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona show workers interacting with digital plans at the construction site. Overlaying cards to reality may help reduce errors and adding the ability to read instructions or take action while performing the task may help improve efficiency.
This boost to production is badly needed. Construction is one of the few sectors to record a decline in output per worker over the past two decades, while manufacturing productivity has improved by 70%, as McKinsey pointed out a few years ago.
By facilitating the massive adoption of mixed reality applications in the construction, the XR10 can help reduce the productivity gap. The XR10 is primarily focused on ensuring compliance and reducing rework costs. In doing so, it does not differ from the majority of its peers: most augmented reality solutions, in their current form, tend to be used to enforce existing rules.
However, to make a real dent, a new approach to work is needed – an approach that empowers operators. Another McKinsey study has highlighted the need for a new approach. It has identified only 5% of occupations that can be replaced by automation, although 50% of the tasks have been removed.
Depending on the size of our current labor market, this contrast means that we need to identify billions of individual tasks to take full advantage of new technologies. This is clearly beyond the reach of the best organized hierarchical organizations. At the same time, it is most often repetitive tasks that workers hate and contribute to low job satisfaction. Our only hope of generating productivity in construction and beyond is to trust those who know their tasks best to automate their own workflows.
Operator-driven automation strongly contrasts with the rule-based models represented by the XR10. Instead of posting instructions, we could give workers the power to design their own experience based on their own needs. The tools that do it, including Robotic automation platforms for processes such as Zapier, are already steaming. The ongoing focus on control-based tools, such as the XR10, emphasizes that there is still much to be done.
All hope is not lost yet. Although the first applications to be loaded on the XR10 focus on the application of rules, this does not mean that all future applications will do so. By marketing this offer now, Trimble and Microsoft are creating the acceptance and infrastructure that future developers could use to provide empowering solutions in the operator's field of vision. Before this can happen, our modern management approach must change. Technology is simply a vehicle through which it expresses itself.