Augmented Reality Goggles Make Marine Mechanics More Efficient

Further proof of the benefits of Augmented Reality in mechanical situations, as first evidenced by Boeing many years ago, comes from the US Marines who have adopted goggles & Android smartphones as a possible replacement for massive field manuals on repairs.

A test with six Marine mechanics found that they performed up to 46 percent faster on making repairs to a light armored vehicle when using the AR goggles, according to Technology Review. The jarheads typically rely upon technical manuals displayed on laptops.

Besides the heads-up display, the AR system uses text instructions, floating labels, arrows and even 3-D models of tools needed for various tasks. An Android smartphone provides the wrist interface for cueing up new instructions.

via Augmented Reality Goggles Make Marine Mechanics More Efficient | Popular Science.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .