Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Get Started with VR & AR: Affordable Solutions for Businesses

23 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, the speakers discuss how small and mid-sized companies can begin using virtual and augmented reality without large budgets. They emphasize that expensive headsets are unnecessary; many VR devices are available for under $500, and pass‑through AR capabilities can be used for training on inexpensive hardware. Additionally, they point out that tablet and mobile applications can capture step‑by‑step procedures and deliver augmented or digital work instructions, often at little to no cost. The overall message is that affordable hardware and software options make it feasible for businesses with limited resources to adopt VR/AR for training and operational guidance.

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So if I'm one of those smaller or mid-sized companies who don't have a lot of internal resources, what's the best way for us to get— for them to get started, for them to figure out how to maybe— or where should they start in this area of virtual and augmented reality?
I think that the point in time when all of a sudden your competition are doing it or your customers are asking for it, you might be late on the curve there by the time you get to that point because You know, we see companies deploying this capability at scale now. From, in terms of getting started, there are a lot of, you know, you don't have to go out and buy a $3,000 to $5,000 headset to get started. A lot of the VR headsets are, I mean, some of these devices that I'm referring to are less than $500 to get started with. So from a training perspective, even with some of the pass-through AR capabilities, you can get started at the device level pretty inexpensively. There are also applications out there that you can run on tablet and mobile that will allow you to capture step-by-step procedures, and including augmented work instructions and digital work instructions, for really cheaply, or in some cases free.