Virgin Atlantic engineers piloting Sony’s SmartWatch 3 & SmartEyeglass

Sony announced today that Virgin Atlantic is piloting its SmartWatch 3 and SmartEyeglass wearables to “help streamline communications and speed up technical assistance” among employees.

The SmartEyeglass Developer Edition will be used to stream real-time video between engineers, while the SmartWatch 3 will offer notifications and quick communication:

Our SmartEyeglass Developer Edition SED-E1 will enable Virgin Atlantic to deliver rapid technical assistance by streaming real-time video directly from onsite engineers over to the technicians in the control room where they can view the content directly from the dedicated app. This will be supplemented by SmartWatch 3 acting as a non-stop activity log, providing runway bound engineers with on-the-go job allocations and detail changes whilst simultaneously providing managers with instant feedback on how they’re getting on.

Last year the airline announced that it was testing Google Glass to help staff in its Upper Class lounge identify and access passenger information at Heathrow Airport. It’s unclear if Virgin Atlantic is continuing to use Glass as Google restructures the team and its focus for the product going forward.