Models of Aviation Technical Communication with Augmented Reality

Abstract

A fundamental characteristic of augmented reality (AR) is the overlay of computer graphics (e.g., installation instructions) on views of world objects (e.g., a section of an aircraft wing) and registration of those graphics to features in the world scene. In AR, the mechanisms of information retrieval rely on detection of features of real-world objects, and communication is by way of virtual content in a real world scene; causing information to become a function of the composite scene, where real and virtual elements are interdependent. Various models of technical media communication are made possible by these characteristics and are discussed in this paper, including authoring, where a world object reveals what a planner intends it to reveal; image-based dialog, where substrate video is merged with annotations to communicate about world objects; and seamless collaboration, where attributes of in-person communication are replicated in AR. Familiar communication and information processing models are therefore expanded by AR. Communication and cognition aspects of human information processing are discussed in this paper in light of AR capabilities.

Authors

• Majoros, Anthony Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Vincenzi, Dennis Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Gangadharan, Sathya Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Jackson, Paul Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University