Design and development of intelligent operation and maintenance training system for substation based on augmented reality

Design and realization of augmented reality based operation training system for operation and maintenance personnel of intelligent transformer substation

2017 IEEE 2nd Information Technology, Networking, Electronic and Automation Control Conference (ITNEC) ◽

10.1109/itnec.2017.8285087 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Yong Peng ◽

Leiqing Ding ◽

Zhenhuan Xu ◽

Yuliang Jiang ◽

Jing Chen

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Training System ◽

Operation And Maintenance ◽

Transformer Substation ◽

Maintenance Personnel

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A Novel Suture Training System for Open Surgery Replicating Procedures Performed by Experts Using Augmented Reality

Journal of Medical Systems ◽

10.1007/s10916-021-01735-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Yuri Nagayo ◽

Toki Saito ◽

Hiroshi Oyama

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Motion Capture ◽

Open Surgery ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Training System ◽

Surgical Skills ◽

Surgical Instruments ◽

Interrupted Suture ◽

Education Environment ◽

Surgical Field

AbstractThe surgical education environment has been changing significantly due to restricted work hours, limited resources, and increasing public concern for safety and quality, leading to the evolution of simulation-based training in surgery. Of the various simulators, low-fidelity simulators are widely used to practice surgical skills such as sutures because they are portable, inexpensive, and easy to use without requiring complicated settings. However, since low-fidelity simulators do not offer any teaching information, trainees do self-practice with them, referring to textbooks or videos, which are insufficient to learn open surgical procedures. This study aimed to develop a new suture training system for open surgery that provides trainees with the three-dimensional information of exemplary procedures performed by experts and allows them to observe and imitate the procedures during self-practice. The proposed system consists of a motion capture system of surgical instruments and a three-dimensional replication system of captured procedures on the surgical field. Motion capture of surgical instruments was achieved inexpensively by using cylindrical augmented reality (AR) markers, and replication of captured procedures was realized by visualizing them three-dimensionally at the same position and orientation as captured, using an AR device. For subcuticular interrupted suture, it was confirmed that the proposed system enabled users to observe experts’ procedures from any angle and imitate them by manipulating the actual surgical instruments during self-practice. We expect that this training system will contribute to developing a novel surgical training method that enables trainees to learn surgical skills by themselves in the absence of experts.

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Implementing an augmented reality and animated infographics application for presentations: effect on audience engagement and efficacy of communication

Multimedia Tools and Applications ◽

10.1007/s11042-021-10963-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Stella Doukianou ◽

Damon Daylamani-Zad ◽

Kathy O’Loingsigh

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Design And Development ◽

Traditional Methods ◽

Audience Engagement ◽

Disruptive Technologies ◽

The Impact

AbstractPresentations are the most successful and popular form of communication in business. However, the formats of presentations in business have not changed much for past few decades. The emergent and disruptive technologies such as Augmented Reality and Animated Infographics have provided potential for enhancing communications in businesses to increase engagement and therefore increasing the effectiveness of such communications. This paper focuses on the impact and effectiveness of using interactive AR in business presentations. The paper presents the design and development of our AR presentation application. Followed by a presentation of an empirical study into the usability and effectiveness of using Augmented Reality and Animated Infographics in business presentation and compares the results against the traditional slideware slides presentation approach. The results of the experiment with 94 participants are presented and analysed. The results demonstrate that the AR approach out performs the traditional methods in terms of usability, audience engagement and effectiveness of communication.

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