Canonical Examples

Augmented warehouse work

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Context

Working in a warehouse. 

Design concept

Providing the information needed for the work tasks through visual and auditory augmentation. (Note that the distribution of control between warehouse worker and information system is not strictly related to the interaction technique being used.)

Experiential qualities and related concepts

Collaborative, control, fluency, visibility.

Augmentation modality

Auditory, visual.

Technical options

HMD AR.

Prototyping techniques

Video scenario.

Source

Quinso, 2016.
Link to Video

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