Augmented Reality in Industry 4.0

Augmented Reality meets Industry: Interactive Robot Programming

Most of the interfaces which are designed to control or program industrial robots are complex and require special training for the user and the programmer. This complexity alongside the changing environment of small medium enterprises (SMEs) has lead to absence of robots from SMEs. The costs of (re)programming the robots and (re)training the robot users exceed initial costs of installation and ...

Augmented Reality for the Automotive Industry

An Advanced Authoring Tool for Augmented Reality Applications in Industry

The use of authoring tools has become a valuable trend for the fast development of Augmented Reality (AR) applications in industrial organizations. However, most of current AR authoring tools are actually programming interfaces that are exclusively suitable for programmers, and they do not provide advanced visual effects. In this paper, we propose an easy-to-use AR authoring tool oriented to th...

Augmented Reality Projects in Automotive and Aerospace Industry

In 2003 the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) was accompanied by a workshop on Potential Industrial Applications (PIA). The organizers wisely called it "potential" because the real use of augmented reality (AR) in an industrial context is still in its infancy. Our own experience in this field clearly supports this viewpoint. We have been actively involved in the res...

Application of Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies in Medicine

Background and Aim: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are immersive technologies that integrate virtual and real-world elements. These technologies have been used to help and improve human capabilities in many fields. Virtual and augmented systems are used in various medical situations. They are effective options in most stages of patient treatment and performing medical procedures. Therefo...