TY - GEN
T1 - Defining Factors That Support or Hinder Commercially Available Augmented Reality (AR) Devices for Construction Communication
AU - El Kassis, Rita
AU - Ayer, Steven K.
AU - El Asmar, Mounir
N1 - Funding Information: This material is based upon work supported by the Nevada Department of Transportation under Grant No. AGR P676-19-803. The authors would like to thank the Department for all the support and particularly Mr. Steven Hale, Mr. Luke Rollins, and Mr. Jaime Hovietz for providing access and expert insights, and participating in data collection to make this research possible. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Augmented reality (AR) presents virtual content in its physical context. This technology can enable construction professionals on-site and off-site to communicate using virtual annotations to highlight contextually-relevant details. Theoretically, AR has the potential to reduce the amount of site visits and the time spent physically traveling to and from projects. However, the majority of studies exploring AR commercially available devices present results from controlled implementations or laboratory environments. While those help for initial experimentation, they do not involve all the critical factors that can be present on active construction sites. Therefore, this work explores the technological performance of a commercially available AR device in an uncontrolled construction setting. The factors that enable or hinder AR performance are documented. The findings help construction practitioners strategically target the contexts where the technology thrives, while also helping researchers define more robust technology and environment workflows to enhance the functionality of current-generation AR devices.
AB - Augmented reality (AR) presents virtual content in its physical context. This technology can enable construction professionals on-site and off-site to communicate using virtual annotations to highlight contextually-relevant details. Theoretically, AR has the potential to reduce the amount of site visits and the time spent physically traveling to and from projects. However, the majority of studies exploring AR commercially available devices present results from controlled implementations or laboratory environments. While those help for initial experimentation, they do not involve all the critical factors that can be present on active construction sites. Therefore, this work explores the technological performance of a commercially available AR device in an uncontrolled construction setting. The factors that enable or hinder AR performance are documented. The findings help construction practitioners strategically target the contexts where the technology thrives, while also helping researchers define more robust technology and environment workflows to enhance the functionality of current-generation AR devices.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784483893.159
DO - 10.1061/9780784483893.159
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021
SP - 1302
EP - 1310
BT - Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021
A2 - Issa, R. Raymond A.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2021 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, I3CE 2021
Y2 - 12 September 2021 through 14 September 2021
ER -