PTC’s Push for Augmented Reality on the Plant Floor | Automation World
Specifically, PTC announced an upgrade to its ThingWorx Industrial IoT Platform, which the company acquired in 2013. ThingWorx 8.5, due out later this summer, combines domain-specific functionality aimed at simplifying the composition and deployment of applications through pre-built, pre-configured capabilities for engineering, manufacturing and aftermarket service. That includes ThingWorx Navigate, a digital change management application that enables users to collaborate across the “digital thread” so that engineers will have real-time access to connected product data which can drive the design of next-generation products.