Knowledge Works Launches 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Solution' for Joint Development of XR×AI Tailored to On-site Challenges
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. has launched a new 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Service,' a consulting service that combines spatial understanding AI and XR technology to jointly develop systems tailored to customer on-site challenges, starting from Proof of Concept (PoC). The company will demonstrate the solution at the XR & Metaverse Expo in June 2026.
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Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo), which has a track record of providing over 2,000 XR services and also handles search and generative AI solutions, has started offering a new consulting service, the 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Service.' This service combines spatial understanding AI and XR technology to jointly develop systems tailored to customers' on-site challenges, starting from Proof of Concept (PoC).
This solution is not a completed packaged software. It is an initiative to build a system, customized to each company's environment and workflow, where AI recognizes real-world equipment and work situations from camera images and LiDAR scans, and displays necessary information on XR devices. The goal is to support on-site work, create digital twins, and realize spatial computing.
A demonstration using MR devices will be held at the 'XR & Metaverse Expo' at Tokyo Big Sight from Wednesday, June 17, 2026, to Friday, June 19, 2026.
Overview
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. has announced a new solution, 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Service,' utilizing spatial understanding AI and XR for the manufacturing, construction, infrastructure maintenance and inspection, facility management, and DX promotion sectors.
This is an initiative to jointly develop systems tailored to each company's on-site challenges, starting from PoC, based on AI × XR technology. By proceeding from prototype development to verification according to the on-site environment and workflow, the feasibility of on-site DX can be concretely confirmed.
While the use of AI in office work is expanding, there is a challenge in on-site work such as factories and maintenance inspections, where it is difficult to form a concrete image of how to introduce AI. This solution aims to create an environment where workers can receive AI support hands-free by utilizing XR devices.
Background
In recent years, with the evolution of generative AI and image recognition AI, the use of technology to understand situations from videos and images, not just text, has been expanding. On the other hand, in on-site environments such as manufacturing, construction, and infrastructure maintenance, AI adoption has not progressed sufficiently in some cases due to complex work environments and differences in procedures, equipment, and safety checks at each site.
Specifically, on-site work faces challenges such as the need to check manuals when workers cannot use their hands, the tendency for expert knowledge to become siloed, and the difficulty of managing equipment information and inspection records in connection with physical space.
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. operates XR and DX/AI businesses. By leveraging the knowledge and technical skills cultivated through in-house development, contract development, and PoCs, the company has been verifying how AI can be used effectively on-site. The 'Spatial AI' announced today is an initiative to materialize on-site support, which was difficult to achieve with XR or AI alone, by combining spatial understanding AI and XR.
Main Features
1. One-stop support from problem identification to implementation and operation
Consulting is provided from the stage where 'the problem itself is not clear,' identifying bottlenecks on-site.
Specialist engineers consistently support the process from requirements definition to system design, implementation, and operation for XR/AI integration.
2. AI recognizes the real world
AI grasps information about equipment, parts, work spaces, etc., using camera images and LiDAR scans.
This enables information presentation according to the object the worker is looking at and the surrounding environment, leading to support tailored to the situation at each site.
3. Digitization of equipment, parts, and work status
AI understands equipment such as valves, pipes, and gauges, as well as work status, and makes them treatable as data.
This supports the organization, search, and sharing of information in equipment management and inspection tasks, and also helps prevent the siloing of on-site information.
4. Display necessary information on-site with XR
Manuals, precautions, operation points, and next steps are overlaid and presented in the space relative to the work target.
Workers can reduce the hassle of checking paper documents or tablet terminals and proceed with work more intuitively.
5. Application to work support, training, and equipment management
Use is envisioned for various on-site tasks such as inspections, training, equipment management, and maintenance work.
By linking expert knowledge with spatial information, it supports the efficiency of skill transfer and new employee training, as well as the standardization of work quality.
6. Flexible provision form enabling joint development from PoC
Depending on each company's on-site challenges, you can start with a PoC (Proof of Concept) to verify the effectiveness with a small-scale prototype.
You can proceed with full-scale introduction considerations while confirming whether AI and XR truly function in your own unique on-site environment.
Intended Use Cases
This solution is envisioned for use in scenarios such as the following.
* These are implementation images (development goals) utilizing this technology. You can start with a PoC step to verify feasibility according to your environment and operational flow.
- AI understands the work target and displays necessary manuals and precautions on-site.
- AI judges the work flow and guides the next operation point using AR.
- AI identifies equipment such as valves, pipes, and gauges, and manages them as data in XR space.
- AI detects forgotten valve closures, meter abnormalities, rust, cracks, etc., and displays warnings on XR.
- In response to questions like 'Find the pressure gauge on this floor,' the relevant equipment is highlighted on XR.
- Supports improvement in work accuracy, safety, and efficiency through AI-based judgment support and XR-based visual support.
Benefits of Introduction and Use
By utilizing 'Spatial AI,' the following effects can be expected.
- Pre-verify whether AI and XR function in your own unique on-site environment.
- Start small with PoCs or prototypes before large-scale investment.
- Digitize on-site environment and equipment information, leading to AI utilization.
- Intuitively present information to workers, reducing workload.
- Support efficiency in training, inspection, and equipment management.
- Support concrete introduction considerations for companies that find it difficult to envision the use of AI and XR.
Exhibition and Event Display
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. will exhibit the 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Solution' at the 'XR & Metaverse Expo' starting Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
Exhibition Overview
Exhibition Name: 6th XR & Metaverse Expo
Dates: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - Friday, June 19, 2026
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, West 3
Booth Number: West Hall 24-29
Exhibition Content: On-site work support demo utilizing spatial understanding AI × XR
Experience Content: A demo where you can experience in about 3 minutes how AI can be used for regular equipment inspections using an MR device.
At the venue, you can experience the image of AI-powered work support on XR devices. Those considering specific projects or PoCs can directly consult with engineers at the booth on the day.
*As network congestion is expected on the exhibition day, the demo will be an experience display based on a fixed scenario, not real-time AI processing.
This solution is not a completed packaged software. It is an initiative to build a system, customized to each company's environment and workflow, where AI recognizes real-world equipment and work situations from camera images and LiDAR scans, and displays necessary information on XR devices. The goal is to support on-site work, create digital twins, and realize spatial computing.
A demonstration using MR devices will be held at the 'XR & Metaverse Expo' at Tokyo Big Sight from Wednesday, June 17, 2026, to Friday, June 19, 2026.
Overview
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. has announced a new solution, 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Service,' utilizing spatial understanding AI and XR for the manufacturing, construction, infrastructure maintenance and inspection, facility management, and DX promotion sectors.
This is an initiative to jointly develop systems tailored to each company's on-site challenges, starting from PoC, based on AI × XR technology. By proceeding from prototype development to verification according to the on-site environment and workflow, the feasibility of on-site DX can be concretely confirmed.
While the use of AI in office work is expanding, there is a challenge in on-site work such as factories and maintenance inspections, where it is difficult to form a concrete image of how to introduce AI. This solution aims to create an environment where workers can receive AI support hands-free by utilizing XR devices.
Background
In recent years, with the evolution of generative AI and image recognition AI, the use of technology to understand situations from videos and images, not just text, has been expanding. On the other hand, in on-site environments such as manufacturing, construction, and infrastructure maintenance, AI adoption has not progressed sufficiently in some cases due to complex work environments and differences in procedures, equipment, and safety checks at each site.
Specifically, on-site work faces challenges such as the need to check manuals when workers cannot use their hands, the tendency for expert knowledge to become siloed, and the difficulty of managing equipment information and inspection records in connection with physical space.
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. operates XR and DX/AI businesses. By leveraging the knowledge and technical skills cultivated through in-house development, contract development, and PoCs, the company has been verifying how AI can be used effectively on-site. The 'Spatial AI' announced today is an initiative to materialize on-site support, which was difficult to achieve with XR or AI alone, by combining spatial understanding AI and XR.
Main Features
1. One-stop support from problem identification to implementation and operation
Consulting is provided from the stage where 'the problem itself is not clear,' identifying bottlenecks on-site.
Specialist engineers consistently support the process from requirements definition to system design, implementation, and operation for XR/AI integration.
2. AI recognizes the real world
AI grasps information about equipment, parts, work spaces, etc., using camera images and LiDAR scans.
This enables information presentation according to the object the worker is looking at and the surrounding environment, leading to support tailored to the situation at each site.
3. Digitization of equipment, parts, and work status
AI understands equipment such as valves, pipes, and gauges, as well as work status, and makes them treatable as data.
This supports the organization, search, and sharing of information in equipment management and inspection tasks, and also helps prevent the siloing of on-site information.
4. Display necessary information on-site with XR
Manuals, precautions, operation points, and next steps are overlaid and presented in the space relative to the work target.
Workers can reduce the hassle of checking paper documents or tablet terminals and proceed with work more intuitively.
5. Application to work support, training, and equipment management
Use is envisioned for various on-site tasks such as inspections, training, equipment management, and maintenance work.
By linking expert knowledge with spatial information, it supports the efficiency of skill transfer and new employee training, as well as the standardization of work quality.
6. Flexible provision form enabling joint development from PoC
Depending on each company's on-site challenges, you can start with a PoC (Proof of Concept) to verify the effectiveness with a small-scale prototype.
You can proceed with full-scale introduction considerations while confirming whether AI and XR truly function in your own unique on-site environment.
Intended Use Cases
This solution is envisioned for use in scenarios such as the following.
* These are implementation images (development goals) utilizing this technology. You can start with a PoC step to verify feasibility according to your environment and operational flow.
- AI understands the work target and displays necessary manuals and precautions on-site.
- AI judges the work flow and guides the next operation point using AR.
- AI identifies equipment such as valves, pipes, and gauges, and manages them as data in XR space.
- AI detects forgotten valve closures, meter abnormalities, rust, cracks, etc., and displays warnings on XR.
- In response to questions like 'Find the pressure gauge on this floor,' the relevant equipment is highlighted on XR.
- Supports improvement in work accuracy, safety, and efficiency through AI-based judgment support and XR-based visual support.
Benefits of Introduction and Use
By utilizing 'Spatial AI,' the following effects can be expected.
- Pre-verify whether AI and XR function in your own unique on-site environment.
- Start small with PoCs or prototypes before large-scale investment.
- Digitize on-site environment and equipment information, leading to AI utilization.
- Intuitively present information to workers, reducing workload.
- Support efficiency in training, inspection, and equipment management.
- Support concrete introduction considerations for companies that find it difficult to envision the use of AI and XR.
Exhibition and Event Display
Knowledge Works Co., Ltd. will exhibit the 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Solution' at the 'XR & Metaverse Expo' starting Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
Exhibition Overview
Exhibition Name: 6th XR & Metaverse Expo
Dates: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - Friday, June 19, 2026
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, West 3
Booth Number: West Hall 24-29
Exhibition Content: On-site work support demo utilizing spatial understanding AI × XR
Experience Content: A demo where you can experience in about 3 minutes how AI can be used for regular equipment inspections using an MR device.
At the venue, you can experience the image of AI-powered work support on XR devices. Those considering specific projects or PoCs can directly consult with engineers at the booth on the day.
*As network congestion is expected on the exhibition day, the demo will be an experience display based on a fixed scenario, not real-time AI processing.
FAQ
What are the target industries for the 'Spatial AI Introduction and PoC Support Service'?
The main targets are manufacturing, construction, infrastructure maintenance/inspection, facility management, and DX promotion departments.
What problems does this service solve?
It solves challenges such as the lack of a concrete image for AI adoption in on-site work, the siloing of expert knowledge, and the difficulty of managing equipment information in connection with physical space.
Where and when can I see the demo?
You can see it at booth 24-29 in West Hall at the XR & Metaverse Expo held at Tokyo Big Sight from June 17 to 19, 2026.