Article on the AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) blog, introducing the SatisFactory project- "FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE".

The present document is an article that has been published on the AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) blog, introducing the SatisFactory project. Considering the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the growing trend of connected devices in factories, it is obvious that smart devices and sensors could bring down production and maintenance costs while providing data for visualization in Augmented Reality devices. As a result, applied research is obviously required for the connection of AR and IIoT and to this end, the article analyzes the EU-sponsored SatisFactory project, which focuses on employee satisfaction in factories by way of technology introduction.