Two startups try to use AR to bridge the Covid-induced communication gap

We might still be a few years away from getting to interact with three-dimensional images like what Google showcased with its Project Starline at I/O last month. Till then, AR could plug the communication gap which has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The use of AR to change the way we humans interact with the virtual and the real is not new. Thanks to filters on Snapchat, Instagram and Google’s 3D animals and now 3D athletes, many of us have experienced AR in some small way or the other. But the pandemic and its social distancing protocols have already prompted many larger enterprises to us AR tech to reach out to customers as well as to connect with their, now remote, workers.