Description

We present a 5G mixed reality remote maintenance demonstrator that supports hands-free remote assistance in industrial settings. The demonstrator provides mixed reality and virtual reality views for on-site and office workers linked via a shared digital space where they are represented as avatars around the digital twin of a machine. Working on actual machines in a real production line, our system uses the hierarchical CAD-data of those machines to provide for a realistic immersive environment. We focus on data-scarcity with cloud-services to protect intellectual property, while embracing the possibilities offered by new technology, such as remote rendering over wireless networks. The presented demonstrator exhibits several key characteristics of an industrial metaverse application as has been showcased on several occasions like the Open Day of the German Government in 2023.

Speakers

Leif Oppermann

Head of Mixed and Augmented Reality Solutions , Fraunhofer FIT