AugmentedReality.org

Augmented Reality in the Enterprise is an hot topic to discuss, and AREA managed to bring an interesting line-up of speaker to describe the importance of introducing this technology in the industrial field and how the different involved companies approach the issue. As pointed out by Rubin, the typical industrial scene changed: the main processes a... re crossed by many minor lateral procedures, making the whole scenario more complicated. In our past experience, we analyzed cases where industrial automation brought the presence of a growing number of sensors inside the standard systems, which produced a huge number of data (the so-called Big Data) that need to be processed and returned to the user in the most understandable way. This new process can't be simplified by a single software application: what the enterprise needs is a services ecosystem. What we introduce when we talk about the Industry 4.0 is a solution originated by what we define the Context Computing Ecosystem: a new scenario where a software platform can perceive the work environment by connecting to the sensor network present in user's surrounding, recognizing relevant objects and providing forecasts on future needs in the work process. The paradigm of user-information changed: the information has to reach the user in the right place, at the right time, for the right purpose. And Augmented Reality is the most intuitive method to return and display this information to the user. It makes possible to simplify processes by augmenting the information perceivable for the user in complex situations. Thanks to this core concept, a new generation of software are being born to bring adaptive solutions into industrial applications. This approach is also confirmed by the Augmented World Expo itself: the companies joining the event were not only providers of Augmented Reality solutions, but also of data analysis, machine learning solutions, IoT and location-based services and wearable hardwares. What the market needs now are horizontal competences on a lot of ...Read More