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VR headsets for training employees in soft skills (navigating difficult conversations; listening and responding to customers with empathy)
Blockchain for securely storing digital assets
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
AR-assisted operating room design in hospitals and surgeries to visualize all of the people, equipment, and setups that comprise each OR without requiring the physical objects and people to be in the space
AR/VR/MR experiences to train emergency first responders (include remote learners) to treat trauma patients
HEALTHCARE
Digital products that exist solely in the virtual world—including music and art as well as physical products like sneakers and purses—minted as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via blockchain that verify value and provide unique ownership
Computer-assisted design (CAD) software to design manufacturing facilities and factory layouts
CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Software-as-a-service and enterprise IT management platforms, helping business customers better manage their software and technology inventory and costs
Remote or hybrid collaboration to engineer and build products and software, using digital whiteboards, video calls, chat-based platforms, and cloud-based applications
HIGH TECH & SOFTWARE
Drones that gather footage of remote sites and towers or inspect oil rigs
Remote field service inspections and diagnosis, using video-supported apps
ENERGY & UTILITIES
Virtual-only branches in an immersive VR environment so banks can reduce their physical footprint while providing customers with a more convenient, highly personalized experience
Cryptocurrency transactions as part of a retail banking experience, validated and supported by blockchain
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
Mixed-reality experiences instead of phone calls to assist seniors with Medicare purchasing and navigation, providing a more personalized, less frustrating experience
Virtualizing a person to create a virtual avatar (i.e., a digital twin)—supported by wearables and IoT medical devices—that is emblematic of their symptoms and real-time health data points such as heart rate, allowing for virtual diagnostics
HEALTHCARE
Full virtual stores that feature digital-only products that consumers can use to decorate their own virtual homes, offices, and spaces—offering new potential revenue streams for C&IP businesses
Advanced CAD software that incorporates physics-based AR/VR simulations to identify ways facilities can be safer or more efficient without testing a physical space, for faster production process design
CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Blockchain-as-a-service, metaverse-as-a-service, and NFT-management platforms, allowing organizations to inventory, audit, manage new assets and costs or build their own internal blockchains and metaverses
Mixed-reality platforms that offer true-to-life, three-dimensional AR/VR environments, allowing remote colleagues to collaborate, build, test (and even sell) products more effectively than in 2D platforms
HIGH TECH & SOFTWARE
AR-enabled apps, glasses, or drones for inspections, field service, and maintenance that overlay a physical view of a motor, pump, tower, etc., with an augmented-reality view of what it is “supposed” to look like—to provide faster diagnosis, reduce downtime, and support employee safety
ENERGY & UTILITIES
