Augmented Reality with Fexingo: AR, Glasses, and the Spatial Computing Future

Episode 133: Lucas and Luna explore how a small team of antique furniture restorers at the Chippendale Society is using AR glasses to overlay original blueprints and historical reference images directly onto cracked, centuries-old wood. They discuss the hands-free advantage, the precision of lining up decorative inlay patterns, and how this technology is replacing fragile paper tracings. An unusua...

This episode dives into how augmented reality glasses are transforming elevator maintenance and repair, a niche but critical application. Lucas and Luna explore a case study from Otis Elevator Company, where technicians use AR overlays to diagnose faults, view schematics, and receive remote expert guidance—cutting repair times by up to 30%. They discuss the technical challenges of low-latency vide...

Episode 131 explores how AR glasses are transforming the way people learn public speaking. We look at a 2025 study from Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab showing a 34% improvement in speech clarity when using real-time AR feedback on eye contact, pacing, and filler words. Lucas and Luna discuss how heads-up displays overlay audience engagement metrics, a start-up called Speeko that raised $...

Whiskey aging is a multi-billion-dollar industry where the value of a single cask can swing by 30% or more depending on how it's managed. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising niche application for augmented reality glasses: helping distillery managers track, monitor, and optimize thousands of barrels stored in sprawling rackhouses. We look at how one Kentucky distillery uses HoloLe...

Underwater welding is one of the most dangerous skilled trades, with welders relying on blurry video feeds and hand signals from surface crews. This episode explores how a team at Oceaneering International began testing augmented reality glasses in 2025 to overlay weld schematics, real-time gas readings, and depth data directly into a diver's field of view. Lucas and Luna walk through a specific w...

Episode 128 explores how specialty coffee roasters are using AR glasses to visualize real-time temperature curves and bean color data during roasting. Lucas and Luna discuss a case study from Counter Culture Coffee, where head roaster Jenna Gotthelf uses an AR overlay to track rate-of-rise and first crack timing without breaking visual contact with the batch. The episode digs into a 2025 study fro...

In episode 127, Lucas and Luna explore how augmented reality glasses are transforming the way anesthesiologists plan and execute regional nerve blocks. The focus is on a 2025 study from the University of California, San Diego, where surgeons used AR overlays to visualize patient anatomy in real time during ultrasound-guided procedures. The episode breaks down how the technology reduced procedure t...

Episode 126 of Augmented Reality with Fexingo explores how AR glasses are changing the way architects and engineers conduct wind tunnel testing on skyscrapers and bridges. Lucas and Luna dive into a specific case: the 2025 redesign of a 90-story tower in Shenzhen, where the team used AR overlays to visualize invisible airflow patterns in real time. They discuss how this technique cuts iteration cy...

Episode 125 of Augmented Reality with Fexingo explores a surprising use of AR glasses: prosthetic limb fitting. Lucas and Luna visit the Ottobock lab in Berlin, where clinicians now use spatial overlays to align sockets, reduce refittings, and cut average fitting time from five visits to just three. The hosts walk through the specific cost breakdown: each avoided visit saves roughly $350 in clinic...

In this episode of Augmented Reality with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising niche where AR glasses are gaining traction: live music performance. They focus on the specific case of the band Imogen Heap, which has been using HoloLens 2 during recent tours to layer real-time visual effects, chord prompts, and audience interaction data directly into the performers' field of view. The hosts...

In this episode of Augmented Reality with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising application of AR glasses: cave surveying. They focus on the work of Dr. Elena Marchetti, a geologist at the University of Padua, who has been using Microsoft HoloLens and custom software to map the intricate passages of the Grotta Gigante in northeastern Italy — one of the world's largest show caves. The episod...

Stage lighting designer Mira Kato explains how she uses AR glasses to previsualize complex lighting plots before a single fixture is hung. By overlaying virtual gels, gobos, and moving lights onto a bare stage, she cuts setup time by 40 percent and avoids expensive re-rigs. This episode walks through a specific recent show — a touring musical called 'Phantom of the Alley' — where AR saved the prod...

Lucas and Luna explore a surprising real-world application of augmented reality: helping construction and excavation crews see buried gas, water, and fiber lines before they dig. They focus on a pilot program at a mid-sized Texas utility company that reduced accidental strikes by 63 percent in six months using HoloLens-derived glasses overlaid with ground-penetrating radar data. The hosts discuss...

In Episode 120 of Augmented Reality with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how AR glasses are transforming the ancient art of bonsai pruning. Master bonsai artist Kenji Watanabe uses custom AR overlays to visualize branch removal outcomes, sap flow patterns, and future growth trajectories before making a single cut. The episode dives into a collaboration between Watanabe and Tokyo-based AR startup M...

Lucas and Luna explore a surprising new use for augmented reality glasses: forensic archaeology. At a 2026 dig in rural England, a team from the University of Cambridge used AR overlays to map a 1,500-year-old burial site without disturbing soil layers. Lucas explains how the glasses project ground-penetrating radar data directly onto the terrain, letting archaeologists see grave outlines and arti...

Lucas and Luna explore how augmented reality glasses are transforming chess. Magnus Carlsen once called computer analysis 'soulless,' but a new generation of AR chess apps lets amateurs overlay engine evaluations directly onto a physical board—without staring at a screen. The episode traces the shift from 1997's Deep Blue to today's Stockfish 16, and examines how one startup, ChessAR, is beta-test...

In this episode of Augmented Reality with Fexingo, hosts Lucas and Luna explore how AR glasses are transforming courtroom evidence presentation. They focus on a specific case: a 2025 trial in Harris County, Texas, where a prosecutor used Microsoft HoloLens 2 to overlay 3D crime scene scans onto the actual courtroom floor for the jury. The angle is narrow: how spatial computing is changing the way...

Episode 116 of Augmented Reality with Fexingo takes you inside a Tokyo knife shop where master sharpener Toshiro Yamada uses AR glasses to train apprentices and maintain consistent blade angles. The episode follows a single apprentice, Yuki, as she learns to sharpen a yanagiba knife. Lucas and Luna break down the specific overlay tech, the 0.5-degree tolerance, and how this preserved a 150-year-ol...

Lucas and Luna explore a surprising niche for augmented reality: urban beekeeping. They focus on a pilot program in London where beekeepers use AR glasses to visualize hive health data, track queen location, and monitor varroa mite infestations in real time. The episode dives into the specific hardware—a modified Vuzix M4000—and the software overlay that turns a beehive into a living dashboard. Th...

Lucas and Luna explore a surprising application of augmented reality in agriculture: determining the precise moment to pick olives for peak oil quality. They examine a pilot program in Tuscany where a consortium of growers used AR headsets to overlay brix readings and historical weather data directly onto orchard rows during picking season. The episode zeroes in on the 2025 harvest data from the F...

In this episode of Augmented Reality with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising niche: piano tuning with AR glasses. They dive into how one tuner in Portland uses Microsoft HoloLens to lay harmonic overlays directly on a piano's soundboard, reading string tension and partial markers in real-time. The conversation examines the economics, the learning curve for master tuners, and why this cou...

Episode 112 of Augmented Reality with Fexingo dives into the unexpected world of furniture disassembly. Lucas and Luna explore how IKEA and other flat-pack giants are adopting AR glasses to streamline reverse assembly—helping logistics teams dismantle furniture for returns and recycling. With a focus on IKEA's pilot at its Swedish returns center, the episode reveals how AR overlays guide workers t...

Episode 111 explores a surprising niche where augmented reality is changing an ancient craft: wine blending. Lucas and Luna visit a Napa Valley winery where enologist Dr. Sara Chen uses AR glasses to overlay real-time chemical composition data — sugar levels, tannin structure, pH — directly onto barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. Instead of relying solely on taste and intuiti...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how marine biologists are using augmented reality glasses to accelerate coral reef restoration. They dive into a specific case: the Coral Maker project in the Maldives, where divers wearing AR headsets overlay digital guides onto damaged reefs, achieving 40% faster transplantation and 25% higher survival rates for coral fragments. Lucas explains the technica...

In episode 109 of Augmented Reality with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising new application for AR glasses: neonatal intensive care units. Lucas shares a specific case from Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where nurses caring for premature infants wear lightweight AR glasses that overlay temperature, oxygen saturation, and heart rate data directly onto their field of view—eliminating the...