CNBC May 24, 2022
Steve Kovach

Key Points

– Microsoft announced Tuesday that Kawasaki will use the “industrial metaverse” in its factories to help produce robots.

– The technology lets workers use Microsoft’s HoloLens headset on the factory floor to view digital imagery on top of the real world.

– Metaverse products are being used in the enterprise as there’s no breakthrough consumer product yet.

You may not be ready to jump into the metaverse for fun, but it could be coming to work sooner than you think.

Microsoft announced Tuesday that Kawasaki is a new customer for the tech giant’s so-called “industrial metaverse” ⁠— a fancy way of saying factory floor workers will wear a HoloLens headset to help with production, repairs and managing supply...

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