Reducing Cognitive Load and Increasing Usability in Mixed Reality Collaboration

减少混合现实协作中的认知负荷并提高可用性

• 批准号: 543587-2019
• 负责人: Bateman, Scott
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699098
• 关键词: Reducing; Cognitive; Load; Increasing; Usability

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.

在这个项目中，我们建议开发新技术，使可能相隔数千英里的合作者能够使用混合现实技术以无缝，自然的方式在物理任务（例如坦克和卡车等重型设备的维修或维护）以及高压命令和控制情况下共同工作。虽然以前的研究已经确定了许多创新的示范，表明混合现实技术在实践中可以节省时间并减少工人的认知工作，但这项工作很少被转化为商业产品，而是在一次性原型系统中开发。虽然过去的工作已经确定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，并且尚未确定可在广泛场景中使用的通用交互模式。随着最近混合现实技术（例如Microsoft HoloLens）的商品化，令人兴奋的新应用程序现在可以成功构建到软件产品中。在这个项目中，我们将协助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之间，以计算机为媒介的协作。