Microsoft has long positioned its HoloLens augmented reality (AR) helmet as a tool for the enterprise. One of the verticals the company has been especially interested in is construction and late last year, Trimble’s $1,499 SketchUp Viewer became the first commercial HoloLens application for the construction industry in the Windows Store. Since then, Microsoft has partnered with Trimble and the University of Cambridge to develop new ways of using its HoloLens in the construction industry. As the company announced today, the result of this collaboration is a set of new trials that are currently underway.
The first of this is an automated progress monitoring tool that allows inspectors to perform visual inspections of a building site or other structure without the need to fill out lots of forms and write reports.
