Towards Next Generation Technical Documentation in Augmented Reality Using a Context-Aware Information Manager

Autor: Michele Gattullo, Alessandro Evangelista, Vito M. Manghisi, Antonio E. Uva, Michele Fiorentino, Antonio Boccaccio, Michele Ruta, Joseph L. Gabbard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 3, p 780 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app10030780
Popis: Technical documentation is evolving from static contents presented on paper or via digital publishing to real-time on-demand contents displayed via virtual and augmented reality (AR) devices. However, how best to provide personalized and context-relevant presentation of technical information is still an open field of research. In particular, the systems described in the literature can manage a limited number of modalities to convey technical information, and do not consider the ‘people’ factor. Then, in this work, we present a Context-Aware Technical Information Management (CATIM) system, that dynamically manages (1) what information as well as (2) how information is presented in an augmented reality interface. The system was successfully implemented, and we made a first evaluation in the real industrial scenario of the maintenance of a hydraulic valve. We also measured the time performance of the system, and results revealed that CATIM performs fast enough to support interactive AR.
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