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Tuesday 22 May 2018

Index AR Solutions Partners

with Westar Energy® to Launch

LineAssist SuperApp™

have had to roll multiple training, workflow manage-
trucks to troubleshoot and ment and other operations.
service this type of device,” Many organizations using
said Dave Claussen, Ex- an Index AR app have seen
ecutive Director of Systems a two to four times increase
Maintenance at Westar En- in worker productivity.
ergy. “With LineAssist, we About Index AR Solutions
can quickly train our line Index AR Solutions is a lead-
crews to perform this tech- ing American enterprise
nical work, and they can augmented reality (AR)
take that training and visu- solutions provider, creat-
alization with them into the ing applications that make
field, which really stream- workers more capable and
lines a key maintenance productive. The privately
process for us.” held company offers cus-
“The Westar team is pleased tom and off-the-shelf AR
to help lead the adoption applications, proprietary
of this game-changing AR software, and client re-
technology within the utility treats. In collaboration with
industry,” added Claussen. clients, Index is also building
LineAssist is the first in a se- a library of SuperApp™ AR
ries of SuperApp™ AR prod- products to address com-
uct offerings from Index AR mon workforce challenges
that are tailored to address across industry. Index AR
common workforce chal- is hardware agnostic, de-
lenges associated with an livering quantifiable results
industry. across all the major mo-
Packing the power of Index bile platforms, with clients
AR’s custom-built applica- reporting two to four times
tions, SuperApp™ product increases in worker produc-
The LineAssist SuperApp™ from Index AR Solutions provides detailed step-by-step instructions
through augmented reality, with imagery that is overlaid on the various utility structures that work- development is performed tivity. For more information
ers encounter on a service call. (Photo: Business Wire) in the field using real-world about Index AR Solutions,
scenarios and hardware. visit www.IndexARSolutions.
Index AR is building a library com.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-- perform complex mainte- the various utility structures of SuperApp™ products About Westar Energy®
(BUSINESS WIRE)--May nance tasks more safely that workers encounter on over time, giving clients a As Kansas’ largest elec-
21, 2018— Index AR Solu- and faster. Available to- a service call. selection of robust AR so- tric utility, Westar Energy,
tions, a leading provider day, LineAssist is the first The LineAssist SuperApp™ lutions that can be rapidly Inc. (NYSE:WR) provides
of enterprise Augmented offering from Index AR’s transforms how electrical procured and deployed customers the safe, reli-
Reality (AR) applications, emerging SuperApp™ li- utility linemen are trained in to meet specific business able electricity needed to
announced today it has brary of AR applications. the classroom and do work needs. “With the Super- power their businesses and
partnered with Westar En- The LineAssist SuperApp™ in the field. The app, which App™ family, Index AR is homes. Half the electricity
ergy, Inc. (NYSE: WR) to from Index AR Solutions is delivered from a mobile making it faster and easier supplied to the company’s
launch LineAssist, a highly provides detailed step-by- tablet, provides detailed for industries to tap into the 700,000 customers comes
visual mobile training and step instructions through step-by-step instructions very real benefits of our from emissions-free sources
field application that helps augmented reality, with through AR, with imagery field-tested augmented re- – nuclear, wind and solar -
electrical utility linemen imagery that is overlaid on that is overlaid on the vari- ality solutions,” said Dan Ar- with a third coming from re-
ous utility structures that czynski, President and CEO newables. Westar is a lead-
workers encounter on a ser- at Index AR Solutions. “It is er in electric transmission
vice call. Safety warnings, an honor and a privilege in Kansas, coordinating a
3D animations and written to work with Westar on the network of lines and sub-
instructions are also built launch of LineAssist, as we stations that support one of
into the app, presented in look to augment people the largest consolidations
the context of key steps. – making them ever safer of wind energy in the na-
Capturing the knowledge and more efficient.” tion. For more information
of Westar’s most experi- Pricing and terms to pur- about Westar Energy, visit
enced linemen, the LineAs- chase an Index Super- www.WestarEnergy.com.q
sist SuperApp™ delivers a App™ are currently based
set of maintenance best on co-marketing agree-
practices for three differ- ments with Index AR part-
ent pole-mounted voltage ners.
regulators and five differ- In addition to developing
ent control panels – en- the SuperApp™ library, In-
abling linemen to visualize dex AR offers custom-built
and more safely and easily AR apps to help teams in in-
perform tasks that could be dustrial settings work smart-
less familiar to them. er and safer – improving
“Previously, Westar might inspection, work instruction,