Coronavirus: can augmented reality improve lab-based teaching?

This is doable provided students have access to the device (Hololens) and this device is expensive. Theoretically it works, but practically who has access to this device?

Wonder if you could port it to work with Google cardboard ....

Maybe we should look at the systems available to astronomers: it has been possible for years to steer a telescope remotely (with safety overrides so you cannot move it into an unsafe position). Surely these could be repurposed to operate the controls of a 'mini industrial plant'?

Just to clarify: The Hololens is not required for students studying remotely. They interact with the people present in the lab through MS Teams. The Hololens just provides another point of view, in addition to PTZ cameras and remote login to the plant control software. The minimum infrastructure required for a remote student is broadband internet and MS Teams, that's it.