Augmented Reality Based Collaborative Product Enhancement
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(a) Smartphone camera as AR camera
(b) Augmented Seats with a target image
Fig. 5 AR application: augmented seats on the cabin
of the seats is shown in Fig. 6 which takes place after the virtual buttons are pressed
according to the customer preference. This application can be used by the customer
for selecting his preferred type of seat for his/her automobile as per his/her need in
his/her environment.
The designed applications were successfully running on Windows PC as well
as Android platform devices. The virtual buttons were working when pressed and
animations were performed accordingly. The developed AR application can be used
by anyone having an Android phone or Windows PC at his/her convenience in his/her
own working environment. It is a beneficial add-on to the current product development process as the design, prototyping as well as customer feedback process is
improved and fastened. It helps in reducing the errors which are made during the
development process as the errors can be easily seen in real-time and then by initiating
the correction procedures.
6 Conclusion
Augmented reality is a combination of a real scene viewed by the user and a virtual
scene/object produced by a computer/smartphone which augments the scene with
supplementary information. AR software tool for collaborative product development
is successfully developed and tested with multiple case studies. The working of the
AR software tool is explained using a case study as superimposition-based AR application. The developed AR software tool is implemented on Android mobile devices
for the end-user interactions in end user’s working environment. With the help of the
developed AR software tool, we would like to give the user the control to customize
an object as per his/her requirement in his/her own working environment. The AR
software tool will also play a major part in helping the prototyping phase. Through the
AR application, a customer can select his/her preferred design at his/her convenience
507
(a) Smartphone camera as AR camera
(b) Augmented Seats with a target image
Fig. 5 AR application: augmented seats on the cabin
of the seats is shown in Fig. 6 which takes place after the virtual buttons are pressed
according to the customer preference. This application can be used by the customer
for selecting his preferred type of seat for his/her automobile as per his/her need in
his/her environment.
The designed applications were successfully running on Windows PC as well
as Android platform devices. The virtual buttons were working when pressed and
animations were performed accordingly. The developed AR application can be used
by anyone having an Android phone or Windows PC at his/her convenience in his/her
own working environment. It is a beneficial add-on to the current product development process as the design, prototyping as well as customer feedback process is
improved and fastened. It helps in reducing the errors which are made during the
development process as the errors can be easily seen in real-time and then by initiating
the correction procedures.
6 Conclusion
Augmented reality is a combination of a real scene viewed by the user and a virtual
scene/object produced by a computer/smartphone which augments the scene with
supplementary information. AR software tool for collaborative product development
is successfully developed and tested with multiple case studies. The working of the
AR software tool is explained using a case study as superimposition-based AR application. The developed AR software tool is implemented on Android mobile devices
for the end-user interactions in end user’s working environment. With the help of the
developed AR software tool, we would like to give the user the control to customize
an object as per his/her requirement in his/her own working environment. The AR
software tool will also play a major part in helping the prototyping phase. Through the
AR application, a customer can select his/her preferred design at his/her convenience