Next hype: sAR

sAR is short for Spatial Augmented Reality. 

sAR augments real world objects and people without the use of special displays or smart wear such as monitors, head mounted displays or hand-held devices, Ipad's or smart phones. 

sAR makes use of projectors to display graphical, work-related or instructed information onto physical objects. The advantage of these systems is that the user is not losing attention while focussing on another screen. The user is focuees on where the action should be. This was clearly noted by Pattie Maes (MIT) stating that the need for augmented information will be needed in the future but current technologies make the user look away to a screen.

The information can be static or dynamic providing the user with animated information. A nice example is found at "Le Petit Chef"

Even so in production is not an advantage if an operator has to look away to a screen and try to interprete the image and project himself in the real world.

Don’t automate, autonomate. People matter.

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