by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jun 29, 2020 | News, Subramanian Chidambaram
Subramanian Chidambaram was named a co-recipient of the 2020 Purdue Graduate School Mentoring Award for Graduate Students. His impressive work with peer mentoring was recognized by the Graduate School. Purdue University appreciated the commitment he made to its...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jun 13, 2020 | Ana Villanueva, News
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote education has forced teachers to use every tool in their toolbox. But augmented reality, which allows both visual and hands-on instruction from any setting, remains out of reach for most educators. A team led...
by Terrell Glenn | Apr 9, 2020 | 2020, Ananya Ipsita, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Terrell Glenn
Makerspaces can support educational experiences in prototyping for children. Storytelling platforms enable high levels of creativity and expression, but have high barriers of entry. We introduce StoryMakAR, which combines making and storytelling. StoryMakAR is a new...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Karthik Ramani, Pawan Rao, Publications, Recent Publications, Xun Qian
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...
by Yuanzhi Cao | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020, Convergence Accelerator, Featured Publications, Future of Work, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Publications, Recent Publications, Tianyi Wang, Xun Qian, Yuanzhi Cao
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...
by Ana Villanueva | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020, Ana Villanueva, Convergence Accelerator, Featured Publications, Future of Work, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Zhengzhe Zhu, Ziyi Liu
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...
