Augmented reality as a support in dangerous tasks

Scientists at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have developed a method that helps workers who are performing risky tasks. It is based on augmented reality and allows an expert to help the employee handle a situation.

Augmented reality is a technology that is in full growth. With the popularization of smart mobile terminals, many developments are taking place focused on the consumer market. There are many applications that use this technique to promote brands or in order to provide really useful services to users.

However, Augmented reality also has many applications far from the commercial field. Las empresas se pueden beneficiar internamente de sus ventajas, así como la industria, tal y como han demostrado los científicos del Instituto Nacional de Ciencia Industrial Avanzada y Tecnología de Japón, que han elaborado un método para apoyar a distancia a los trabajadores en caso de situación de emergencia. Éstos podrían ser ayudados por expertos que no se econtraran presentes en el escenario.

Según publica la web del Centro de Innovación del BBVA, el sistema consiste en un hardware, que lleva el usuario en una mochila, conectado con una cámara acoplada a un gorro. De esta manera la imagen se muestra desde la perspectiva del empleado. Con la ayuda de unos guantes especiales, las manos del experto pueden entrar en el campo de visión del empleado. In this way, The worker will be able to know exactly what to do. The indications could not be clearer.

The system as a whole is resistant to water and demanding environments. The scientists who have developed it have thought of radioactive environments in which an expert can guide a protected worker on the steps he has to take in the event of an incident..

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