8. Skilled trades
Smart glasses are seeing adoption on factory floors and in fields like construction and oil and gas, where hands need to be free, but tech tools can increase efficiency. Imagine needing to make a repair on a piece of equipment, and having a guide on how to do that, right in your field of view.
DAQRI's smart helmet made a splash at CES this year. The AR wearable lets users do things like see through faulty pipes or overlay directions onto the helmet's display.
AR and VR is even helping train folks for these types of jobs. There are VR welding simulators, for example, that allow for hands-on experience, without the cost of learning on actual materials.