EDUAVATARS

This project is an MR application set in an industrial robot cell, which can present many challenges when it comes to starting up (the so-called commissioning process). Often, instructors are not available to teach workers the procedure. This application provides a solution by creating an avatar for the instructor, who only needs to record step-by-step instructions. Learners can watch and listen to these instructions to follow the procedure. Additionally, the learner can record questions, which the instructor can later review and answer.

This project has been carried out in collaboration with Anjela Mayer, from Institute for Informationmanagement in Engineering (IMI) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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OBJECTIVES

Provide an intuitive interface to create instructions by using record & play.

Users can watch and listen to the virtual instructor as many times as they need.

Instructions can be divided into steps, avoiding overloading the user with too much information at once.

HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED?

Interactive interface for recording and playing instructions.

Full-body avatar to represent the instructor.

A mode to record questions from learners for the instructor, allowing asynchronous collaboration where the instructor can respond later.

PAPERS

A. Mayer, I. Miguel-Alonso, J. -R. Chardonnet, A. Bustillo and J. Ovtcharova, “Enhancing Asynchronous Learning in immersive Environments: Exploring Baseline Modalities for Avatar-Based AR Guidance,” 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), Saint Malo, France, 2025, pp. 1358-1359, doi: 10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00325.

FUNDING

This study was supported by:

The HumanAid Project (TED2021-129485B-C43) of the Proyectos Estratégicos Orientados a la Transición Ecológica y Digital of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FPU21/01978).
The Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of the Federal State of Baden-Wurttemberg within the InnovationsCampus Future Mobility (ICM).

Project details

PROJECT TITLE:

EDUAVATARS

FIELD:

Industry

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