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Augmented Reality To Help Mechanics Fix Vehicles

Posted by timothy on from the insert-overlaid-part-a-into-slot-b dept.

kkleiner writes "ARMAR, or Augmented Reality for Maintenance and Repair, is a head mounted display unit that provides graphic overlays to assist you in making repairs. An Android phone provides an interface to control the graphics you view during the process. Published in IEEE, and recently tested with the United States Marine Corps on an armored turret, ARMAR can cut maintenance times in half by guiding users to the damaged area and displaying 3D animations to demonstrate the appropriate tools and techniques."

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  1. locating parts on vehicle by pig_man1899 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do I use this thing to locate the muffler bearings my service shop says need replacing?

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    1. Re:locating parts on vehicle by MadShark · · Score: 3, Funny

      I once got a friend of mine to believe there was such a thing as blinker fluid. It just so happened that another friend had his car parked outside with a cracked tail light. It had rained heavily earlier that day and water had leaked in and filled the blinker right up to where the lens was cracked. She was calling bullshit until we took her outside and showed her. She bought it hook, line and sinker after seeing it. We caught hell later, but it was a lot of fun.

  2. will it be like other AR? by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cut approaching.
    Cut approaching.
    Cut here.
    Cut here.
    You have cut the wrong wire.
    Recalculating...
    Recalculating...
    Get soldering iron.

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  3. Re:Hello by frosty_tsm · · Score: 4, Funny

    welcome to Windows Mechanical, I see you have picked up a wrench, please wait while Microsoft Clippy WrenchBuddy .NET SP 6 is downloaded.

    Not quite. They used the Android to power it, so it'd be closer to:

    [Repair] [I'm Feeling Lucky]