Volkswagen and Metaio bring augmented reality to automotive technical services with the Marta app

Marta is an augmented reality application, Powered by the iPad and developed by Volkswagen and Mataio, that allows you to see the interior of cars in 3D so that technical services can locate and repair faults. It will initially be available for the XL1 hybrid.

The German car brand Volkswagen has designed, together with the company Metaio, An augmented reality tool that will help mechanics repair their cars. The system is called Marta (Mobile Augmented Reality Technical Assistance) and will be presented in Muchich, at the InsideAR conference 2013, Next 11 October.

In the beginning, Marta has been designed to be used with the Volkswagen XL1 hybrid model from the Concepts Cars line and is offered as an innovative alternative, simple and visual compared to traditional manuals, to see all the elements and operation of the car.

To capture the inside of the car, Marta uses the iPad camera and with Metaio's augmented reality technology she is visualized on the tablet screen, in real time, Information. In this way, An animated playback of vehicle elements is available in 2 and 3D, as well as their functions.

It is an application that uses augmented reality to visualize instructions for the car's mechanics, sample, Step by step, how to repair and replace your components and allows you to test different design elements. With Marta, The technician accesses the repair guidelines through labels of the car's parts and elements, supported with text and work instructions.