Untersuchungen zu nutzerbezogenen und technischen Aspekten beim Langzeiteinsatz mobiler Augmented Reality Systeme in industriellen Anwendungen

Mobile “Augmented Reality” enhances user’s access to situationally relevant virtual information through the use of applicable mobile display devices. This thesis investigates the effects of long term usage of mobile Augmented Reality in industry. The potential of mobile Augmented Reality to reduce error rates and manufacturing times is notable, especially in industrial scenarios. Even though these advantages have been recognized for several years and application-specific as well as technological factors have been researched, there has not yet been productive application of mobile Augmented Reality. One reason for this is the current lack of research in the field of user-related issues. This thesis develops approaches for investigating user-related issues by proposing a concept for long term user studies in a laboratory setting. To determine the requirements for supporting users in an efficient manner, these approaches can be used to analyze the impact on users who utilize mobile Augmented Reality over a longer time period. An initial study provides an analysis of users’ strain during long term use of a mobile Augmented Reality system and conclusions regarding necessary system improvements.. The results of the study demonstrate that with today’s mobile Augmented Reality systems, user strain is no greater utilizing Augmented Reality than utilizing a system without Augmented Reality. Additionally a technical component of the used Augmented Reality system is improved by raising the efficiency of the “See-Through-Calibration”.