The instruction on the component, instead of in a book beside it.
Augmented reality lays digital information over the view of the real environment. Unlike VR it does not replace that environment but adds to it: the engineer still sees where they are standing. For operations that come round rarely, that removes the translation from drawing to reality.
Ask for an example from your sectorTechnical specs
- Carrier
- Tablet, phone or headset
- Source
- 3D model of your equipment
- Use
- During the work, not beforehand
- Lead time
- From 8 weeks
The promise of AR runs ahead of what practice allows today, and we would rather say that up front. Headsets are expensive, they work badly in combination with a helmet, and in explosion-risk zones they are usually not permitted without certified equipment.
Where it does pay off right now is on a tablet: step-by-step assembly, maintenance on equipment full of near-identical parts, and remote support in which a specialist watches through the engineer's camera.
Anyone starting here does well to begin with one task that has demonstrable failure costs, not with the technology. We help pick that task, and we say so when an ordinary visual work instruction solves the same problem for a tenth of the budget.
Where it works today
- › Assembly with many near-identical parts
- › Maintenance an engineer performs twice a year
- › Remote support from a specialist
- › Checking whether an installation was built as intended
- › Explaining equipment at a trade fair or on a customer site
Suitable
Support at the moment of execution. Complex equipment whose parts closely resemble one another. Situations where a mistake only becomes visible much later.
Not suitable
Training beforehand, where VR or e-learning is more effective because you do not need the installation. Zones where the hardware is not allowed. Tasks somebody performs daily.
AR is support during the work, not a lesson beforehand. In practically every project we run it sits alongside ordinary instruction and training rather than replacing them.
It starts with the model
Where a 3D model already exists, the step to AR is considerably smaller.
Runs on what you have
A tablet or phone is enough; a headset is rarely the sensible first step.
Honest about the limits
We name up front where it is not permitted or does not work, rather than afterwards.
Where are you right now?
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Curious whether AR solves anything for you? We are happy to look at it soberly.
Milan
Business development, STARK Learning