A talk from the Enterprise Track at AWE EU 2018 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Munich, Germany 18 -19, October, 2018. Selin Kampa (Siemens): Power Plants with AR/VR AR extends the reality by visualizing data in three dimensions while preserving employees’ focus on reality, especially during hands-on tasks. Realistic virtual content positioned correctly on real environment provides a better spatial understanding than computer screens. We can achieve more when we use our native abilities and senses. In power plant business, starting from sales and marketing until engineering and erection, there are use-cases of AR/VR. This session will be about why and how we use AR/VR at Siemens Power and Gas Division, Solution business. http://AugmentedWorldExpo.com

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VR
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Hello! I am Selin Kampa, M.Sc. RWTH Aachen
Product Owner of AR/VR
@ Siemens Power and Gas Solutions, Digitalization
• Computer Engineering & Media Informatics
• Mixed reality development since 2014

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Table of content
• Benefits and motivation 4
• Use-cases 6
• Technical limitations/needs 12
• User acceptance and design choices 13

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Benefits and Motivation – Why AR/VR? Examples…
Preserved
focus in
reality
Access
information
easily

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Benefits and Motivation – Why AR/VR? Examples…
Addresses
more human
senses
Increased
spatial
understanding

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Benefits and Motivation – Why AR/VR? Examples...
A new way of
collaboration
Decreased
communication
errors

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Benefits and Motivation – Why AR/VR? Examples…
Every single person
who tries the
devices feels

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Potential Usages
Remote
Expertise
Error
Reduction
Decision
Support
Hands-
Free
Docume
ntation
Collabo
ration
• Find the people
• Identify requirements,
understand what they
need
• Provide demo,
calculate investment
• Get feedback from
user
• Identify requirements
again

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Field of Actions and Activities

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Use-Case 1: Holographic Multi-User Design Review
Unexpectedly
large gap
Unnecessary
walkway
5m
…Use-case extended to sales and marketing after user feedback…
“designed” in comparison to “as built”

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• Microsoft HoloLens
• Multiple users
• Easily scalable
HoloReview – Shared Mixed Reality Experience

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HoloReview – Shared Mixed Reality Experience

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Use-Case 2: Sales, Customer Meetings, Co-Creation

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Use-Case 3: AR On-Site
• Constantly changing environment, dust,
EHS
• Rugged hardware for site conditions
• Tablet is preferred, smart glasses too
complex and fragile
• Robust tracking, stable apps
• Combine office information with
construction
Bring site to office or office to site
“designed” in comparison to “as built”

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Technical Limitations/Needs
Complex CAD data, rendering
• Manual effort L
Need lightweight, mobile and
powerful VR hardware
• Cables L
Need robust tracking
• outdoor conditions
• changing surroundings,
dust
Hardware complexity
Weak tracking
Acceptance
…all translates to a
better experience…
GPU

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Human
OR
Computers are inseparable from our existence now.
We evolved into this.
• Looking beyond the screen
• Sharing reality
Enhanced
reality

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Acceptance
• How fluent is the app?
• Design
• Functionalities, benefit
• Psychology
• Comfort

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Presentation
• Reality changes
• Psychological effect, fear of
making a mistake
• New experience
• Physical effect
Supportive guiding.
Clarity.
Space.

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User-Centered Design of Interfaces
Example
• Zoom-in model
Feedback from user during design

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Last words…

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Thank you! Any questions?
Selin Kampa
PG SO SPM DIG – Germany
Freyeslebenstr. 1
91058 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail:
selin.sepin@siemens.com
siemens.com