Mixed-reality techniques to support a new type of service business in industrial operation and maintenance

Tommi Karhela, Marja Liinasuo, Matti Paljakka

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    Abstract

    Traditionally, industrial facilities such as process plants have been maintained by the plant owner's organisation. As the plants have become more complex and the demands of production performance have become higher, the outsourcing of plant maintenance activities and combining them to performance consulting has become attractive, thus opening a new market for industrial services. This has resulted in major changes in the work and responsibilities of the maintenance engineer. The change has in turn set new demands for software products and opened new software business opportunities. VTT has international state-of-the-art expertise in industrial software architectures, Augmented Reality, video stream processing and human-technology interaction. Using this expertise, we have developed a novel concept for providing each stakeholder intuitive access to the right information in the very location on the plant floor where that information is needed. The concept involves video-stream based user interfaces, mobile devices and location-aware information services.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationVTT Symposium on Service Science, Technology and Business
    Place of PublicationEspoo
    PublisherVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    Pages32 - 42
    ISBN (Electronic)978-951-38-6330-2
    ISBN (Print)978-951-38-6329-6
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    MoE publication typeNot Eligible
    EventVTT Symposium on Service Science, Technology and Business - Espoo, Finland
    Duration: 19 Aug 200819 Aug 2008

    Publication series

    SeriesVTT Symposium
    Number253
    ISSN0357-9387

    Conference

    ConferenceVTT Symposium on Service Science, Technology and Business
    Country/TerritoryFinland
    CityEspoo
    Period19/08/0819/08/08

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