Reducing Cognitive Load and Increasing Usability in Mixed Reality Collaboration

在这个项目中，我们建议开发新的技术，使可能相距数千英里的合作者能够在物理任务(如坦克和卡车等重型设备的维修或维护)以及高压指挥和控制情况下，使用混合现实技术以无缝、自然的方式共同工作。虽然之前的研究已经发现了许多创新的演示，表明混合现实技术在实践中可以节省时间，减少工人的认知努力，但这些工作中几乎没有转化为商业产品，而是在一次性原型系统中开发出来的。虽然过去的工作已经建立了混合现实的强大潜力，但它只在有限的一组代表性任务中做到了这一点，而且还没有确定可以在广泛的场景中使用的一般交互模式。随着最近混合现实技术(如Microsoft HoloLens)的商品化，现在可以成功地将令人兴奋的新应用程序构建到软件产品中。在这个项目中，我们将帮助Kognitiv Spark将通用和特定领域的交互构建到他们基于HoloLens的增强现实解决方案中，以实现这种新形式的人与人、计算机中介的协作。

In this project, we propose the development of new techniques that will allow collaborators potentially separated by thousands of miles to work together using mixed reality technology in a seamless, natural way on physical tasks (such as repair or maintenance of heavy equipment like tanks and trucks), and in high pressure command and control situations. While previous research has identified many innovative demonstrations showing that mixed reality technology can save time and reduce cognitive effort for workers when put into practice, little of this work has yet been translated to commercial products, and instead has been developed in one-off prototype systems. While past work has established the strong potential of mixed reality, it has done so only in a limited set of representative tasks, and has not yet identified the general interaction patterns that can be used in a wide range of scenarios. With the recent commoditization of mixed reality technology (such as the Microsoft HoloLens), exciting new applications are now possible that can be built successfully into software products. In this project, we will assist Kognitiv Spark in building both general purpose and domain-specific interactions into their HoloLens-based Augmented Reality solution for this new form of human-to-human, computer-mediated collaboration.