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    Augmented reality remote assistance application

    Institut für Designforschung (IDE)

    Almer

    Augmented Reality (AR)– and its kin XR, VR, MR & co – hold the potential to fundamentally alter how we interact with content and will introduce a major shift from mobile to seamless interactions. AR glasses already enable simultaneous perception of reality and virtually superimposed additional information.
    However, current AR glasses either have few application possibilities that differentiate them from a smartwatch or their heavy and bulky design is limiting
    their use in an everyday context.

    To drive innovation in industrial customer support, the Swiss Startup Almer is developing AR glasses to connect frontline technicians with remote experts. This research project explores new interaction and interface concepts for AR-enabled remote assistance applications. The key to a more symbiotic relation between humans and machines is one where the impact of technology is ‘felt’, as opposed to just seen.

    Details

    • Research Focus
      • FRIAD Interaction Design
    • Project Lead
      • Lukas Franciszkiewicz (FRIAD)
    • Team
      • Fabian Frey (FRIAD)
      • Jan Huggenberg (FRIAD)
      • Jürgen Späth (FRIAD)
      • Sebastian Beetschen (Almer Technologies)
    • Cooperations
      • Almer Technologies
      • FHNW
      • Firma Brütsch-Rüegger
      • Firma Küffer
      • Gilgen Logistics
      • Huber+Suhner
      • Loepfe Brothers
      • Schaltag AG
      • Swiss Smart Factory of the Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne
      • Viu Eyewear
      • ZHAW
    • Resources
      • Project website
    • Duration

      01.07.2022 – 30.06.2023

    • Financing
      • Gebert Rüf Stiftung (01.07.2022 – 30.06.2023)
    • Research Approaches
      • Applied research
      • Artistic-scientific research
    • Disciplines

      Design

    • Keywords

      Reality, Augemented, Wearable Technology, Interaction Design