Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies - Investigation of Practical Applications in Aviation Training and Operations from Technology Development to Demonstration

增强现实和虚拟现实（AR/VR）技术对航空航天工业具有潜在的变革意义。潜在的好处包括通过提高准确性和精度来提高生产率，从而减少错误，升级流程，以及改善健康和安全。这些技术还提供了促进团队内部更紧密协作的潜力，从而产生更好的决策。随着AR/VR技术的广泛应用，提升航空从业人员的技能也带来了重大机遇。综合这些好处，将提高在全球市场上的竞争力。百年纪念学院将与瑞尔森大学、庞巴迪航空公司和OVA Gestion Conseil合作开展一个项目，调查和评估AR/VR在航空领域的应用。目标将是调查AR/VR在两个对航空业重要的独立领域的实际应用：培训和操作。将开发虚拟现实技术，为培训飞机操作程序的航空专业人员提供新方法。培训的重点是机组人员在每次飞机飞行前必须进行的安全检查，以及技术人员在彻底检查飞机驾驶舱系统时必须执行的测试程序。增强现实技术的发展将利用虚拟现实的程序培训能力，为执行这些详细的飞机工作任务的机组人员和技术人员提供实时帮助。AR将通过任务工作流将实时分步指导与人工智能和机器学习能力相结合。这将使用户能够有效地完成工作任务，同时减少出错的机会。结果将是集成技术，可以在实际的、真实的环境中成功演示。参与该项目的研究人员将能够在航空及相关产业互补领域的技术和人机界面研究方向上扩展他们在AR/VR方面的研究能力。该项目的合作性质是在教育环境中对技术进行研究和评估，也为航空航天学科的大学生提供了一种创新的教学方法。学生将有机会接受AR/VR技术方面的培训，从而深入了解系统、操作流程和技术程序。这将给他们额外的知识和技能，使他们能够成功地在就业市场竞争，开始他们在加拿大的职业生涯

Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technologies are potentially transformative for the aerospace and aviation industries. Among the potential benefits are increased productivity through increased accuracy and precision, leading to fewer errors, upgraded processes, as well as improved health and safety. These technologies also provide the potential to foster closer collaboration within teams, leading to better decision making. There is also a significant opportunity with the widespread adoption of AR/VR to upgrade the skills of personnel employed in aviation. Combined these benefits will result in increased competitiveness in the global marketplace. Centennial College will undertake a project to investigate and assess the application of AR/VR in aviation in collaboration with Ryerson University, Bombardier Aviation and OVA Gestion Conseil. The goal will be to investigate the practical applications of AR/VR in two separate areas of importance to the aviation industry: training and operations. VR technology will be developed to provide new ways to train aviation professionals in the aircraft operating procedures. This training will be focused on the safety inspection that flight crews must undertake prior to every flight of an aircraft and on the test procedures that technicians must carry out when aircraft cockpit systems are thoroughly checked. AR technology development will leverage the procedural training capacity of VR to provide real-time assistance to flight crews and technicians undertaking these detailed aircraft work tasks. AR will combine real-time step-by-step guidance through the task work-flow with artificial intelligence and machine learning capability. This will give the user the ability to efficiently complete work tasks and at the same time reduce the chance of error. The results will be integrated technologies that can be successfully demonstrated in practical, real-world environments. Researchers engaged in this project will be able to expand their research capabilities in AR/VR in the directions of technology and machine-human interface research in complementary areas of aviation and related industries. The collaborative nature of this project where the technology is researched and evaluated in an educational environment also provides an innovative method of instruction to college and university students in the aerospace discipline. The students will have the opportunity to be trained in AR/VR technologies leading to an in-depth understanding of systems, operational processes and technical procedures. This will give them additional knowledge and skills so that they will be able to successfully compete in the employment marketplace to launch their careers in Canada