ProjectFixit

Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin & Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality (AR) allows users to view computer information that is graphically embedded within the real three-dimensional world. Using a semi-transparent head-mounted display (HMD) attached to a wearable computer, a user can inspect and manipulate objects while viewing information about these objects in the HMD. This information is typically displayed as virtual objects in the real world, thus augmenting the perception of the user. The wearable computer enables users to pursue their work as they normally do, without imposing constraints on their mobility. AR applications span from medical minimally invasive surgery to manufacturing, from machine inspection and repair to games and tourist guides.

At the Chair for Applied Software Engineering, we have set up a basic system to perform simple Augmented Reality tasks. This Praktikum enhances the basic system focussing on scenarios to support the inspection or repair of machines (Fischer Technik models).

* Fixit Project Homepage: http://wwwbruegge.in.tum.de/projects/fixit/

Paper

G. Klinker, H. Najafi, T. Sielhorst, F. Sturm, F. Echtler, M. Isik, W. Wein, C. Truebswetter
FixIt: An Approach towards Assisting Workers in Diagnosing Machine Malfunctions
Proc. of the International Workshop exploring the Design and Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems - MIXER 2004, Funchal, Madeira, CEUR Workshop Proceedings (bib)
Augmented Reality (AR) is a newly emerging user interface paradigm that is currently under rapid development. AR is still in its infancy. Only very few cases exist, in which AR technology has come out of the laboratories and has been evaluated [3] or used [8] in real industrial settings. At the Technical University of Munich, we address some of such open questions annually in three-month laboratory classes for graduate students in their junior years. By posing the problems within industrial settings (e.g., by involving an industrial sponsor) we try to ensure a realistic setting within which AR solutions are considered. Students investigate the posed problem, suggest a solution and build a very rough, prototypical demonstrator that illustrates the key ideas. The result is a prototypical system, illustrating the key points of using AR in a specific problem context. At the same time, the system design process has also laid out (and partially addressed) both system building and very general system design issues, which will be led back onto research agenda of the university and picked up in due time.
2004/01/13

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