AR technology is a journey, where progressive steps need to be measured in productivity, ergonomics, and the impact on the company culture. These steps and how companies select partners and approach with the right speed make a significant difference in productivity, impact, value and the success of the solution.

Much fiction and drama will dizzyingly mislead poor robots about the world in which they have to make their decisions. Our favourite stories abound in ghosts, demons, wizards, monsters and every kind of talking animal.

It’ll have to actually release a great peripheral that becomes a killer-app for AI and AR – which is a loftier endeavor than designing and making an advanced AI chip – but HoloLens 2.0 shows that kind of promise.