Abstract
TeleAdvisor is a versatile projection-based augmented reality system designed for remote collaboration. It allows a remote expert to naturally guide a local user in need of assistance in carrying out physical tasks around real-world objects. The system consists of a small projector and two cameras mounted on top of a tele-operated robotic arm at the worker’s side, and an interface to view the camera stream, control the point-of-view and gesture using projected annotations at the remote expert’s side. TeleAdvisor provides a hands-free, mobile, low-cost solution that supports gesturing by the remote expert while minimizing the cognitive overhead of the local worker. We describe the challenges, design considerations and implementation details of the two phases of the TeleAdvisor prototype, as well as its evaluation and deployment at an industrial manufacturing center. We summarize our understandings from our experiences during the project and discuss the general implications for design of augmented reality remote collaboration systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 527-562 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | Computer Supported Cooperative Work |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Dec 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Keywords
- Augmented reality
- Mobile projector
- Mobility
- Remote assistance
- Remote collaboration
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science