Tangible Interfaces for Augmented Engineering Data Management

Fiorentino, Michele; Monno, Giuseppe; Uva, Antonio E.

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“…Clothier et al [63] Assist on-site operation Underkoffler et al [64] Malkawi et al [65,66] Intuitive analysis environment Carmo et al [33,34] Heuveline et al [35,36] Golparvar-Fard et al [67,68] Graf et al [69] Intuitive design environment Broll et al [37] Fukuda et al [38,39] Mechanical engineering & Manufacturing Weidlich et al [70] Intuitive analysis environment NUS AR group, [27,41,42] Paulus, et al [43] Uva et al [44,45,47,48] Issartel et al [71] Bernasconi et al [40] Valentini et al [49,50] Naets et al [72] Moreland et al [73] Regenbrecht et al [74] Intuitive design environment Niebling et al [46] Weidenhausen et al [75] Electromagnetism Buchau et al [76] Training and education Ibáñez et al [51] Silva et al [77] Intuitive analysis environment Mannuß et al [52] Matsutomo et al [53,54] Table 6 summarizes the features and limitations of most of the AR-based engineering analysis and simulation systems. Selected studies use different visualization methods, such as image overlay, OpenGL programming, and special software kit, to visualize volumetric data and numerical simulation results.…”

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“…Outdoor AR systems could serve as a tool to assist in important decisions without constraining the user's whereabouts to a specially equipped area. Some of the selected studies are based on a client-server network model for visualization of simulation data [33][34][35][36]38,39,40,45,47,48,55,60,69,75]. However, due to limited device capabilities, mobile AR platforms still require further development for engineering analysis and simulation.…”

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“…With AR, civil engineers and urban designers can examine simulated results in the outdoor environment [33][34][35][36] and improve design in the indoor environment [37][38][39]. In the mechanical engineering and manufacturing fields, near real-time result updating with sensor networks [27,[40][41][42], image processing [43], and tangible user interfaces [44][45][46][47][48][49][50] (Table 4) are common practices. As can be seen in Tables 2 and 3, most of the selected studies in these two fields are based on a specific visualization tool instead of image overlay.…”

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A State-of-the-Art Review of Augmented Reality in Engineering Analysis and Simulation

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Ong

2017

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Augmented reality (AR) has recently become a worldwide research topic. AR technology renders intuitive computer-generated contents on users' physical surroundings. To improve process efficiency and productivity, researchers and developers have paid increasing attention to AR applications in engineering analysis and simulation. The integration of AR with numerical simulation, such as the finite element method, provides a cognitive and scientific way for users to analyze practical problems. By incorporating scientific visualization technologies, an AR-based system superimposes engineering analysis and simulation results directly on real-world objects. Engineering analysis and simulation involving diverse types of data are normally processed using specific computer software. Correct and effective visualization of these data using an AR platform can reduce the misinterpretation in spatial and logical aspects. Moreover, tracking performance of the AR platforms in engineering analysis and simulation is crucial as it influences the overall user experience. The operating environment of the AR platforms requires robust tracking performance to deliver stable and accurate information to the users. In addition, over the past several decades, AR has undergone a transition from desktop to mobile computing. The portability and propagation of mobile platforms has provided engineers with convenient access to relevant information in situ. However, on-site working environment imposes constraints on the development of mobile AR-based systems. This paper aims to provide a systematic overview of AR in engineering analysis and simulation. The visualization, tracking techniques as well as the implementation on mobile platforms are discussed. Each technique is analyzed with respect to its pros and cons, as well its suitability to particular types of applications.

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A State-of-the-Art Review of Augmented Reality in Engineering Analysis and Simulation

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“…in an integrated way [20]. In particular, in order to interacts with digital information through the physical environment, the environment has to be provided of the so called Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) [21][22][23].…”

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Efficiency and Precise Interaction for Multibody Simulations in Augmented Reality

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Valentini

2013

Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

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Abstract. In this chapter, an enhanced methodology for interactive, accurate, fast and robust multibody simulations using Augmented Reality is presented and discussed. This methodology is based on the integration of a mechanical tracker and a dedicated impulse based solver. The use of the mechanical tracker for the interaction between the user and the simulation allows to separate the processing of the data coming from the position tracking from those coming from the image collimation processing. By this way simulation results and visualization remain separated and the precision is enhanced. The use of a dedicated sequential impulse solver allows a quick and stable simulation also for a large number of bodies and overabundant constraints. The final result of this work is a software tool able to manage real time dynamic simulations and update the augmented scene accordingly. The robustness and the reliability of the system will be checked over two test cases: a ten pendula dynamic system and of a cross-lift mechanism simulation.

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“…in an integrated way [37]. In particular, in order to interacts with digital information through the physical environment, the system can be provided of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) [38][39][40][41][42]. The TUIs are more suitable than the graphic user interfaces (GUIs) to work as communicators between the user and the augmented system because they are based on physical entities that can be grabbed, moved, pushed, etc.…”

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Enhancing User Role in Augmented Reality Interactive Simulations

Valentini

2012

Human Factors in Augmented Reality Environments

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Scientific literature reports an increasing interest for the development of applications of augmented reality (AR) in many different fields [1][2][3]. The AR has been used in entertainment [4][5][6][7][8], education [9][10][11][12], medicine [13][14][15], military field [16,17], implant and components maintenance [18,19], robotics [20], engineering [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] and archeology [29,30]. Some recent developments about mobile augmented reality applications have been discussed in Chaps. 6 and 7. The most of all these applications deals with the merging in the real world of objects, scenes and animations which have been modeled and simulated outside the system. It means that the user perceives a real scene augmented with pre-computed objects. For these reasons, his interaction with the augmented scene is often limited to visual and acoustic exploration.In 1999 the International Standard Organization (ISO) provided a definition of an interactive system as: "An interactive system is a combination of hardware and software components that receive input from, and communicate output to, a human user in order to support his or her performance of a task". The recent improvements of both hardware and software performances fuelled the development of innovative methodologies in order to increase of the interaction between the user and the scene [31,32]. The purpose of these enhancements is to change the user role from spectator to actor. The main idea to achieve this objective is to use innovative approaches for going beyond a mere visual or acoustical experience of pre-computed contents, including the capability of real-time modifying and updating the contents of the scene and the two-ways interaction.

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Tangible Interfaces for Augmented Engineering Data Management

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

A State-of-the-Art Review of Augmented Reality in Engineering Analysis and Simulation

A State-of-the-Art Review of Augmented Reality in Engineering Analysis and Simulation

Efficiency and Precise Interaction for Multibody Simulations in Augmented Reality

Enhancing User Role in Augmented Reality Interactive Simulations

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