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Frequently asked questions

Your questions, our answers

Hardware, creation time, data, languages, purchasing, moving off Guides: the essentials in a few lines. Another question? Write to us.

Common misconception

You’re not ready for augmented reality? Yes, you are.

One hour of scoping by video call, one day on site with your trainers, then standard project management. The further you are from digital, the more you stand to gain.

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Are we ready for augmented-reality training?

Yes. The tool requires no IT skills. Deployment is simple: one hour of scoping by video call, one day on site with your trainers, then standard project management. The further you are from digital, the more you stand to gain.

Will the solution replace our trainers?

No, quite the opposite. It is your trainers who create, improve and keep the tutorials alive.

The tutorial then takes care of repeating the procedure: trainers free up time and cope with increasingly mixed ability levels. This time saved lets them give tailored support to the learners who need it, so that more of them succeed.

And their know-how is no longer lost: your training standard incorporates the best of your past, present and future trainers.

How do you support us?

One day of training, for up to 8 of your experts, is enough for your teams to become fully autonomous: creating their content and managing it as efficiently as possible. For a more complex project, our experience may lead us to suggest one or more additional days of support, when we consider them useful and necessary for its success. And if you are short of time to create your content, SHIFT89 or our network of qualified partners can support your teams.

Where do we start?

With a real task, chosen with you: the one that takes up most of your experts’ time or matters most for safety. We show you the result on your equipment.

Hardware and getting started

What hardware is needed?

Augmented-reality glasses or a headset. We are compatible with several devices on the market, including Microsoft HoloLens 2, Arvicom CART-S, Samsung Galaxy XR, VITURE Luma Ultra XR, XREAL Aura, VIVE Eagle and, soon, Arvicom CART-3D. We recommend the model suited to your use and your budget. An optional Windows PC lets you go further.

We already have HoloLens 2 headsets. Can we use them?

Yes. Your HoloLens 2 headsets remain in use, including after the end of Dynamics 365 Guides. We support HoloLens 2 until at least the end of 2030, so you can get the most out of your hardware investment.

How long does it take to get started?

One day of training, for up to 8 of your experts, is enough: your trainers create their first tutorial that same afternoon, then, from the next day, independently, as often as is useful.

How long does it take to create a tutorial?

One minute per instruction, a few minutes for a tutorial. No writing, no filming, no mandatory editing.

We are short of time to create our content. What can we do?

SHIFT89 or our network of qualified partners can support your teams in creating your content.

Do we need 3D modelling or programming skills?

No. The expert creates the content themselves, at the machine, even without IT skills. No 3D, no developer, no contractor.

What about our existing procedures?

They are not lost: the expert enriches them with their hands-on skill and key points to watch, on the equipment.

Data and security

Where is our data stored?

Only at your site: on your devices and workstations. No cloud, no data hosted by SHIFT89.

Is an Internet connection needed?

No. No connection is required, either to create or to learn: in dead zones, on board, in secure workshops, on isolated networks.

Where does the artificial intelligence run?

On your computer. Translation, speech synthesis and transcription run locally: no data leaves.

Languages

In which languages can we train?

The instruction is translated and read aloud in the learner’s language by an artificial intelligence that runs on your computer. Tell us your teams’ languages: we will confirm which ones are available.

Purchasing and funding

How is the price structured?

One licence per device, with volume discounts, and one licence for the PC application. Your choice: annual licences, multi-year licences or licences for the lifetime of the hardware. Prices on request.

After Guides

We use Dynamics 365 Guides: what should we do?

Guides ends on 31 December 2026. Your HoloLens 2 headsets remain in use, your experts recreate your procedures on the real equipment and your trainers are trained in one day.

Until when will our HoloLens 2 headsets be supported?

At SHIFT89, we support HoloLens 2 until at least the end of 2030. Microsoft security updates continue until December 2027 for connected devices. #AugmentedTraining needs no connection to work: your HoloLens 2 headsets can therefore be disconnected from Wi-Fi, for maximum security. Your content can later move to more recent glasses and headsets.

Another question?

We will answer, and show you #AugmentedTraining on one or more of your real use cases.

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