Inside peek at Accenture Labs: Google Glass, Big Oil, augmented reality

Vicki Thompson

Accenture CTO Paul Daugherty models Google Glass at Accenture Technology Labs in San Jose.

Click above to see inside the lab.

Accenture Technology Labs is located just down the street from our newsroom here in downtown San Jose, and I recently got the chance to take an inside look at some of its projects in the works.

I saw how the R&D unit of management consulting and outsourcing company Accenture is testing and researching two very buzz-worthy technologies: Google Glass and augmented reality.

Aside from getting to try on Google Glass for myself (read my thoughts here), the folks at Accenture explained how they are testing the wearable computing device?s use in several verticals. I watched Paul Daugherty, Accenture?s Chief Technology Officer, demo how Google Glass might be used in the oil and gas industry.

He and Brent Blum, manager of Digital Experiences at Accenture Technology Labs, explained that an oil and gas worker wearing Google Glass could be handsfree when performing a repair task, and the heads up display could show him what part would need replacing, for example.

Blum also demonstrated Accenture?s augemented reality shopping project, which would help brick-and mortar-retailers attract and retain customers who are otherwise doing most of their shopping on their smartphones.

Click through the slideshow (above, right) to learn more about my tour of Accenture Technology Labs.

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