Proceedings of the 2011 international conference on Virtual and mixed reality: new trends - Volume Part I
Interactive mixed reality for collaborative remote laboratories
MTDL '11 Proceedings of the third international ACM workshop on Multimedia technologies for distance learning
TeleTorchlight: remote pointing and annotation using a mobile camera projector
MobileHCI '12 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion
DemoCut: generating concise instructional videos for physical demonstrations
Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Impact of an augmented reality system on students' motivation for a visual art course
Computers & Education
A new AR authoring tool using depth maps for industrial procedures
Computers in Industry
Survey Representing information - Classifying the Augmented Reality presentation space
Computers and Graphics
Augmented reality on large screen for interactive maintenance instructions
Computers in Industry
The Application of BIM-Enabled Facility Management System in Complex Building
International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling
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We explore the development of an experimental augmented reality application that provides benefits to professional mechanics performing maintenance and repair tasks in a field setting. We developed a prototype that supports military mechanics conducting routine maintenance tasks inside an armored vehicle turret, and evaluated it with a user study. Our prototype uses a tracked headworn display to augment a mechanic's natural view with text, labels, arrows, and animated sequences designed to facilitate task comprehension, localization, and execution. A within-subject controlled user study examined professional military mechanics using our system to complete 18 common tasks under field conditions. These tasks included installing and removing fasteners and indicator lights, and connecting cables, all within the cramped interior of an armored personnel carrier turret. An augmented reality condition was tested against two baseline conditions: the same headworn display providing untracked text and graphics and a fixed flat panel display representing an improved version of the laptop-based documentation currently employed in practice. The augmented reality condition allowed mechanics to locate tasks more quickly than when using either baseline, and in some instances, resulted in less overall head movement. A qualitative survey showed that mechanics found the augmented reality condition intuitive and satisfying for the tested sequence of tasks.