community to break those limitations and develop advanced AR solutions for enterprises thus becoming a useful and critical part of the future of work .
The key research question of the research is : if , how , under which conditions , and when 5G will drive innovation and adoption of enterprise AR applications ?
1.3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The research team , composed of experts in the areas of the IoT and 5G , has taken a combined research approach . They assessed a vast business and academic literature on the role of 5G in Industry 4.0 , 5G-enabled AR solutions for enterprises and the future evolutions of 5G and AR . A database of 5G-enabled enterprises AR projects was produced during this phase of the project .
Following the literature review phase , a primary research phase was completed . This was structured in two steps .
1 ) based on a survey of AREA members , aimed to understand the perception of the AR community regarding 5G .
2 ) interviews with key stakeholders such as enterprises , primarily manufacturers , system integrators specialised in Industry 4.0 solutions , experts in 5G and AR , mobile network operators , and the AR community .
The interview phase was useful for different objectives : identifying projects not captured during the secondary research phase , learning the benefits of 5G-based AR applications , appreciating the challenges in the convergence of 5G and AR , and gathering ideas on how those challenges can be faced .
The research paper is structured in three parts . The first section illustrates the AREA members survey results on how they perceive the rise of 5G . The second section discussed 5G-based AR use cases in enterprises , stressing benefits and challenges . The conclusive part looks at the future of the convergence 5G-AR .
2 HOW DOES THE ENTERPRISE AR COMMUNITY ENGAGE WITH 5G ?
There is a vast academic and business literature on the impact 5G on enterprises 10 . The literature on enterprise AR within Industry 4.0 framework is growing and looking at the role of 5G in enabling enterprise AR applications 11 . Based on that literature , the research team run a survey with the AREA members to assess their level of engagement with 5G . The survey was run during May 2021 . 36 AREA members completed the task . Some relevant questions are discussed in this section .
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Tariq Masood and Johannes Egger . 2019 . Augmented Reality in support of Industry 4.0 – Implementation challenges and success factors . Robotics and Computer Integration Manufacturing , 58 .
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