Augmented Reality Based Collaborative
Product Enhancement
Ravi Kumar Gupta
Abstract The paper presents an application of Augmented Reality to support collective product development among members of different domains across the product
development including end-users. Portable software tool that works on smart devices
(smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs) is developed for collaborative product development using Augmented Reality to nurture, maintain and increase a company’s market
share by fulfilling consumer’s demand. Portable software tool is presented with the
proposed methodology for a collaborative platform to work on mobile devices to
capture the synergistic dynamics and to customize and interrelate with the product in
customer(s) own environment. The product shown to the customer using the developed tool maybe customizable as per the customers’ requirement in his/her own
environment remotely and to record comments. The recorded customization and
comments are then stored in the database and used in the product development and
enhancement of the product.
Keywords Augmented reality · Distant collaborative · Product development ·
AR-based mobile device application
1 Introduction
New product development approaches look at refining present products to investigate
a present market or create new products that the market pursues. Product development is a series of steps that include the conceptualization, design, development and
marketing of newly created or newly rebranded goods or services. In the early stages
of product development, product and user experience concepts are typically envisioned and shaped through sketching and CAD modelling. Designers are very active
in using such kind of tools to create, but on paper or on the computer screen, their
R. K. Gupta (B)
Mechanical Engineering Department, SAMM, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur-Ajmer Express
Highway, Jaipur 303007, India
e-mail: ravikumar.gupta@jaipur.manipal.edu; rkgmuj@gmail.com
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_55
501
Product Enhancement
Ravi Kumar Gupta
Abstract The paper presents an application of Augmented Reality to support collective product development among members of different domains across the product
development including end-users. Portable software tool that works on smart devices
(smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs) is developed for collaborative product development using Augmented Reality to nurture, maintain and increase a company’s market
share by fulfilling consumer’s demand. Portable software tool is presented with the
proposed methodology for a collaborative platform to work on mobile devices to
capture the synergistic dynamics and to customize and interrelate with the product in
customer(s) own environment. The product shown to the customer using the developed tool maybe customizable as per the customers’ requirement in his/her own
environment remotely and to record comments. The recorded customization and
comments are then stored in the database and used in the product development and
enhancement of the product.
Keywords Augmented reality · Distant collaborative · Product development ·
AR-based mobile device application
1 Introduction
New product development approaches look at refining present products to investigate
a present market or create new products that the market pursues. Product development is a series of steps that include the conceptualization, design, development and
marketing of newly created or newly rebranded goods or services. In the early stages
of product development, product and user experience concepts are typically envisioned and shaped through sketching and CAD modelling. Designers are very active
in using such kind of tools to create, but on paper or on the computer screen, their
R. K. Gupta (B)
Mechanical Engineering Department, SAMM, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur-Ajmer Express
Highway, Jaipur 303007, India
e-mail: ravikumar.gupta@jaipur.manipal.edu; rkgmuj@gmail.com
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_55
501