Vipo: Spatial-Visual Programming with Functions for Robot-IoT Workflows

Vipo: Spatial-Visual Programming with Functions for Robot-IoT Workflows

Mobile robots and IoT (Internet of Things) devices can increase productivity, but only if they can be programmed by workers who understand the domain. This is especially true in manufacturing. Visual programming in the spatial context of the operating environment can...
An Exploratory Study of Augmented Reality Presence for Tutoring Machine Tasks

An Exploratory Study of Augmented Reality Presence for Tutoring Machine Tasks

Machine tasks in workshops or factories are often a compound sequence of local, spatial, and body-coordinated human-machine interactions. Prior works have shown the merits of video-based and augmented reality (AR) tutoring systems for local tasks. However, due to the...
Meta-AR-App: An Authoring Platform for Collaborative Augmented Reality in STEM Classrooms

Meta-AR-App: An Authoring Platform for Collaborative Augmented Reality in STEM Classrooms

Augmented Reality (AR) has become a valuable tool for education and training processes. Meanwhile, cloud-based technologies can foster collaboration and other interaction modalities to enhance learning. We combine the cloud capabilities with AR technologies to present...