Hong Kong's MTR Corporation is deploying augmented reality technology to accelerate the build-out of a new Northern Metropolis station. This innovative approach allows workers to simulate future scenarios and ensures the station's planned opening next year.

Hong Kong’s railway operator has deployed augmented reality (AR) technology to speed up construction of a station on a new link serving the Northern Metropolis megaproject to ensure it opens on time next year. The MTR Corporation said on Tuesday that the power supply had been connected at Kwu Tung station and AR technology had been adopted to hasten progress. “Applying the AR inspection system will allow us to simulate future scenarios and help workers carry out the assembly work accurately and....