The Vireo research project investigates the suitability of XR technologies for remote use and job guidance. XR technologies are broadly understood from virtual and augmented/mixed reality to metaverse technologies. The subject of the research are technical and usability requirements and technology demonstrations, where the applicability of technologies is evaluated from usability and user experiences point of view. The project's technology demonstrations are developed based on the expectations of the companies that joined the project. The technology demonstrations aim to seek, together with companies, a better understanding of the application possibilities of XR technologies with their benefits and limitations. The project's technology demonstrations will be tested with business partners either in laboratory conditions or in industrial conditions at a destination specified by the companies. Test results will be published at conferences and/or scientific journals, and the developed demonstrations will be freely available to all operators. The purpose of the research project is to renew the industry by bringing new solutions for the use of augmented and virtual reality in the remote operation and monitoring of various machines and devices, as well as in the guidance of work phases. The project will be implemented nationally and the participating research organizations are Turku UAS from Varsinais-Suomi and Savonia UAS from Pohjois-Savo. Previous studies have found e.g. that the industrial use of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses in manufacturing, warehousing and field service environments, where augmented reality (video, graphics, text) is brought over physical objects, for example by work phases to visually guide the employee through the work, increased the employee's efficiency by 34% the first time (Augmented Reality Is Already Improving Worker Performance, Harvard Business Review, March 13, 2017, Abraham, M; Annunziata, M). In an extensive study by PwC (2020), it was found that training in virtual reality is four times faster and requires more concentration than typical classroom work. By guiding the work task, work safety, work quality is ensured and work efficiency is improved by optimizing the work steps. At the same time, less experienced workers can also be utilized, who can perform tasks with the help of guidance. By utilizing XR technologies, the working time spent traveling can be reduced and CO2 emissions are reduced, when an experienced professional can remotely guide, for example, the progress of maintenance work. Design and manufacturing can sometimes involve hazardous operations. By utilizing XR technologies allows workers to perform these actions from a safe distance. For example, the employee can remotely control the robot to perform certain tasks, for example tasks that contain dangerous chemicals, causing a risk. In addition to pre-created information, real-time operating information of machines and devices, IoT data, can be brought into the virtual environment. The transfer of real-time data involves data security issues. This unification of the physical and virtual worlds will enable different types of machine-human interaction in the future. This is where XR technologies play a key role. In this research project, the aim is to find solutions to improve work efficiency and work safety, and at the same time to ensure that by utilizing XR technology, the supply of skilled personnel to companies is ensured and the need for travel is reduced by replacing them with virtual remote connections.