Augmented reality (AR) is one of those technologies that inspire futuristic visions of the world. AR blurs the line between the real and the digital worlds by allowing users to view the environment around them through a data-rich lens, literally seeing a digital interpretation of their physical surroundings. Using cameras and screens, or AR glasses, people can view the digital information associated with any object or structure, they can see air quality and other elements that would otherwise be invisible, and they can even see through walls. Like many futuristic technologies, the potential of AR is vast and undefined, but the technology is advancing quickly and adoption is already growing in the buildings industry. “The digital transformation many industries experienced at the turn of the century never slowed down for facilities management (FM). New tools emerge and evolve every day to support today’s FM professionals, including computer-aided facilities management, building information modeling, and sophisticated property […]