Integration of Extended Reality with a Cyber-Physical Factory Environment and its Digital Twins

In this paper, we present an example of complete integration of eXtended Reality technologies within a demonstration laboratory showcasing Industry 4.0/5.0 compliant machinery in realistic scenarios of use. We describe the design choices and the implementation of the augmented and virtual reality ap...

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Published in:Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction 2024-06, Vol.8 (EICS), p.1-13, Article 250
Main Authors: Emporio, Marco, Caputo, Ariel, Pintani, Deborah, Cheng, Dong Seon, De Marchi, Thomas, Forte, Gianmaria, Fummi, Franco, Giachetti, Andrea
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied computing
Enterprise applications
Enterprise computing
Enterprise information systems
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Human-centered computing
Interaction paradigms
Mixed / augmented reality
Service-oriented architectures
Virtual reality
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Summary:In this paper, we present an example of complete integration of eXtended Reality technologies within a demonstration laboratory showcasing Industry 4.0/5.0 compliant machinery in realistic scenarios of use. We describe the design choices and the implementation of the augmented and virtual reality applications developed and potentially usable to support different real-world tasks, featuring advanced gesture-based interaction modes. We also describe the optimized communication architecture used to synchronize data between the cyber-physical factory environment with all its components, its industrial digital twin, and the augmented and virtual replica of the factory. Example tasks supported with the tools in public demonstrations allow users wearing Microsoft HoloLens 2 or Meta Quest 2 headsets to monitor the status of the prototype production line and operate on it, locally or remotely. An example video showing the applications is available in the supplementary material.
ISSN:2573-0142
2573-0142
DOI:10.1145/3660246