Development of a HoloLens MR Application for Teaching Product Design
Project Details:
In this project, we propose to develop an MR application for teaching product design. The application will be developed on the existing HoloLens system. HoloLens uses MR head-mounted display smart glasses. It is a self-contained, holographic computer, able to engage with digital content and interact with holograms. It encompasses a wide range of experience including AR and VR. People, places, and objects from the physical and virtual worlds can be merged together in a blended environment. It provides an immersive virtual environment for students to explore the concept of reality and human perception in a real-time perspective. The proposed application allows students to visualize the geometry of 3D objects, as well as the dynamic geometry and assembly procedures. They can also signal the system through gazing, gesturing and voice to implement instructions and receive voice explanations from the system at the same time.
Objectives:
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Develop a HoloLens MR application to assists students in learning and studying in product design, and other subjects that require visualizing 3D objects and comprehending geometric relationships;
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Allow users to visualize and interact with objects dynamically to motivate participation and develop self-learning ability.
Developer Materials:
1. Unity3D
4. Lab Manual
Supplementary Materials:
1. Latest Development of VR and AR
2. Vuforia Key
3. Demo Package
Related Publication:
Acknowledgement:
The work in this research project was financially supported by the Teaching Development Grants (TDG) for 2016-19 from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. (Project ref.: 20)
We also acknowledge the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, for the support in this project.
