5 Years of Must Reads from HBR: 2019 Edition

Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy

by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann

THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DISCONNECT between the wealth of digital data available to us and the physical world in which we apply it. While reality is three-dimensional, the rich data we now have to inform our decisions and actions remains trapped on two-dimensional pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds limits our ability to take advantage of the torrent of information and insights produced by billions of smart, connected products (SCPs) worldwide.

Augmented reality, a set of technologies that superimposes digital data and images on the physical world, promises to close this gap and release untapped and uniquely human ...