{"id":543,"date":"2016-10-04T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/vmware-airwatch-announces-support-for-smart-glasses.html"},"modified":"2016-10-04T17:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:47:52","slug":"vmware-airwatch-announces-support-for-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/vmware-airwatch-announces-support-for-smart-glasses.html","title":{"rendered":"VMware AirWatch announces support for smart glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Turns out Dreamforce isn\u2019t the only enterprise conference going on this week. VMware is also holding its\u00a0at AirWatch Connect conference<\/a> in Atlanta, and today it announced support for enterprise smart glasses on the\u00a0AirWatch enterprise mobility management platform.<\/p>\n

Smart glasses, which are essentially computers that sit on your face<\/a>, haven\u2019t found widespread usage quite yet, but the market is expected to grow to 16 million units by 2020, according to data from Gartner analyst\u00a0Angela McIntyre.<\/p>\n

The deal puts\u00a0agreements in place to work with some of the leading providers of smart glasses including\u00a0APX Labs<\/a>, Atheer<\/a>, Intel<\/a>, ODG<\/a> and VUZIX Corp<\/a>\u00a0to help companies using these devices to\u00a0streamline onboarding, connect\u00a0the devices to company networks\u00a0and deploy\u00a0applications that run on the smart glasses.<\/p>\n

One of the things holding back more widespread use of these devices in the enterprise could possibly be\u00a0a lack of management tools for IT to manage\u00a0them the way they do other devices inside the organization. Brian Ballard, CEO of APX Labs thinks this agreement could be a big step forward in helping mainstream these devices in the enterprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving wearable\u00a0management now built into the VMware AirWatch Enterprise Mobility ManagementTM platform is a\u00a0huge step forward in removing barriers to large scale adoption across the type of global customers we\u00a0work with, and that\u2019s paramount to not only our growth, but the growth of the entire industry,\u201d Ballard said in a statement.<\/p>\n

These types of mobile devices\u00a0could include computers worn on your face like Google Glass or augmented and virtual reality scenarios, depending on the requirements. They could be particularly useful in places where it\u2019s difficult or dangerous to use your hands, and the computer could project instructions on what to do next, and even show you how to do it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still very early days for these types of devices in the enterprise, and while big companies like GE and Boeing are experimenting with their usage inside their organizations, a deal like this could help push the industry forward and take it out of the realm of experimentation and help push it into the mainstream.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that Microsoft Hololens is noticeably absent from this announcement. That could be because initial support coming later this quarter will only involve devices running Android.<\/p>\n

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Featured Image: Atheer<\/small><\/p>\n

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