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Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Aircraft Design and Manufacturing
Pages 29-31

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... flight deck design, · m a i n t a i n a b i 1 i t y / a c c e s s i b i 1 i t y v e r i fi c a t i o n , · assembly planning, · maintenance training, and · the creation of maintenance training animations. The primary goal of our work for the past two years has been to develop and demonstrate what we call the "egocentric human model." By this we 29
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... Our approach probably could best be characterized as "use every trick in the book," because all are probably necessary to handle geometry of this scale. The algorithmic techniques we are trying to combine include · parallel rendering algorithms, · upstream occlusion culling, · object simplification and level-of-detail control, and · substitution of texture maps for geometry.
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... We also are experimenting with a simpler wearable computer systemwithout a head tracking system for applications where the user needs to be mobile, must have his/her hands-free, and needs to see a computer or enter data into a computer while performing his/her job. The classic example for the aircraft industry is being able to refer hands free to a digital maintenance manual while performing the maintenance operation.
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Key Terms

  • virtual reality
  • wearable computer
  • collision detection
  • real object
  • augmented reality

  • aircraft cad
  • software informs
  • detection software
  • object change
  • capability included

  • labor manufacturing
  • critical technical
  • physical mockups
  • user moves
  • head tracking

  • enter data
  • touch labor
  • available trackers
  • change color
  • specific coordinates

  • design phase
  • refer hands
  • videometric tracker
  • human model
  • maintenance manual

  • technical issue
  • virtual environment
  • complex geometry
  • daunting challenge
  • superimpose computer


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