I4S 3/2026: Immersive Technologies in Production

Immersive technologies are fundamentally transforming industrial value creation. Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Extended Reality (XR) combine physical and digital worlds into interactive work environments. In Industry 4.0, they have long since ceased to serve merely as a means of visualizing data; instead, they enable its intuitive use in planning, production, maintenance, and training. This creates new opportunities for faster decision-making, more efficient processes, and closer collaboration between humans and technology. This issue of Industry 4.0 Science demonstrates how immersive technologies are becoming a central building block of resilient, flexible production systems.

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