Austmine 2019 , the biennial conference of Austmine, the leading industry body for the Australian Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector , was held last week (May 21-23, 2019) in my hometown of Brisbane. I spoke on Augmented Reality (AR) in the sessions on Mineral Processing Plants, and it was a topic of great interest if you can judge by the hits on our LinkedIn posts, the people talking to me after the presentation, and the wide range of AR helmet and AR glasses vendors reaching out to me! Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality To begin with, let’s start by looking at how AR is different from VR and MR: Augmented Reality (AR) overlays virtual objects onto a real-world environment. Virtual Reality (VR) immerses users in a fully artificial digital environment. Mixed Reality (MR) doesn’t just overlay virtual objects onto a virtual reality but anchors them to the real-world. Maybe the best way to understand what AR is is to first take just a moment to watch this v...