A Ford technician near me stares into the depths of the Everest s bonnet, his eyes switching from side to side with cool concentration, and he s listening intently, but to what and to whom? He appears alone, yet his hands are being instructed by another voice and another set of eyes.
The sequence of repairs happening before us at Ford s Training Centre in Silverton are all extremely normal on the surface yet strange and unfamiliar at the same time.
The clue behind this reframed reality is the thin black band around his head, and a small sensor positioned a few inches away from his one eye - Augmented Reality!