Irvine, CA — June 15, 2026 — EON Reality, together with EON AI Ventures, today announced Field IQ 2.0, a reinvention of augmented reality training that breaks the industry’s oldest constraint: until now, hands-on training required hands-on access to equipment that is often in production, offshore, hazardous, or thousands of miles away. Field IQ 2.0 delivers AI-guided, hands-on practice across three modalities — on the real asset through smart glasses, fully virtually on any phone or tablet, and through a breakthrough third mode the company calls Tangible AR. The technology, training methodology, and enterprise applications are detailed in the accompanying white paper, “Revolutionizing Training: Field IQ 2.0’s Printed Boards Bring Augmented Reality to Life”
At the heart of the announcement is the Field IQ Board: a printed image of industrial equipment — from a single valve assembly to a full-scale gas skid — mounted on a magnetic surface. Pointed at by a phone or tablet, the picture rises off the wall as a live 3D model. Trainees then work with real physical tools and lockout devices that snap magnetically onto the exact components shown in the print. The motion is real, the muscle memory is real — and the AI tracks every placement, scores the sequence, and tells each trainee what they did right or wrong.
A full-scale wall print allows an entire crew of fifteen to study the same environment together, and scenario maps swap in seconds — turning any classroom, site office, or vessel into a hands-on training bay for equipment that may be on the other side of the world.
“Everybody in our industry has been waiting for perfect AR glasses to arrive before reinventing training. We refused to wait,” said Dan Lejerskar, Founder and Chairman of EON Reality. “Field IQ 2.0 works on the devices people already carry today — phones, tablets, and the first generation of display glasses — and it gives workers something no headset can: their own two hands on real tools, with an AI instructor watching over their shoulder. You learn a lockout procedure the way you learn to drive — not by watching, but by doing.”
The three modalities form a single training ladder aligned with the company’s Show Me → Let Me Try → Evaluate Me methodology:
- Field IQ Anywhere (Full Virtual) — any equipment from the Genesis simulation library appears instantly in the trainee’s room on a phone or tablet, with a virtual toolbox. Infinite reach, zero logistics.
- Field IQ Board (Tangible AR) — the printed, magnetic board where digital equipment meets physical tools, building true muscle memory at a fraction of traditional training cost.
- Field IQ Live (Physical AR) — step-by-step guidance overlaid on the real asset. Workers learn the procedure on their phone, then put it in their pocket: smart glasses recognize each step and serve the right visual cue at the right moment, hands-free.
Side by SIde: What each modality can do
“This is Work Intelligence made physical,” said Mats Johansson, President of EON AI Ventures. “Every verified action a trainee performs — in any of the three modalities — is captured, scored, and compounds into the organization’s knowledge base. Companies don’t just train faster and safer; they build a permanent, verified record of how expert work is actually done.”
Click on the image below to access the Field IQ 2.0: Three Ways to Train Presentation.
Field IQ 2.0 is part of EON Reality’s Intelligence Flywheel — Genesis for simulation authoring, Field IQ for guided field work, and Assess IQ for verified competency capture — serving industrial enterprises in energy, manufacturing, and process industries worldwide. The platform builds on EON’s 25-year heritage in immersive learning technology.
Read more in the Revolutionizing Training: Field IQ 2.0’s Printed Boards Bring Augmented Reality to Life white paper.
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About EON Reality
EON Reality, based in Irvine, California, is the world’s leading company in immersive learning and knowledge transfer. Its flagship solutions – EON Genesis, EON-XR, EON Assess IQ and Venture Builder – enable millions of users to create and deploy experiential learning content. EON Reality’s mission is to make knowledge available, accessible, and affordable globally. For more information, visit www.eonreality.com
