1. Research Committee
Meeting
24th October 2018

2. Committee Members 3D Studio Blomberg AMRC Appearition Apprentice
ARvolution
Augmate
Augumenta
Boeing
Brainwaive
Contextere
CrossCom
CrunchFish
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
EPRI
ExxonMobile
Committee Members
Huawei
KognitivSpark
Lockheed Martin
LogistiView
Marquette University
Medtronic
Mira Labs
Mobiliya
Mozilla
Newport News Shipbuilding
NVIDIA
PEREY Research & Consulting (chair)
Pison Technology
Proceedix
Sarcos Robotics
The MTC
Theorem Solutions
UI Labs (DMDII)
Wunschsicht
Three Sixty Reality
VA Tech University

3. As participants in this meeting, we need to be mindful of the constraints of antitrust laws.
There shall be no discussions of agreements or concerted actions that may restrain competition.
This prohibition includes the exchange of information concerning pricing, rates, coverages, market practices or any other competitive aspect of an individual company’s operation.
Each participant is obligated to speak up immediately for the purpose of preventing any discussion falling outside these bounds.
Antitrust Policy

4. Agenda Timing Agenda item 5 mins
Call to order, agenda, previous minutes and administrivia
Welcome new committee members!
50 mins
Updates/Status of Current Committee Initiatives
Status of 4th AREA-directed Research Project
Call to action: Participate in research committee survey
Research directions project: looking for volunteers
Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG) status report
Best AR Research Practices Task Force status report
Results of Research Committee member-exclusive webinars
Results of ISMAR 2018 workshop
Status of ROI Calculator
Status of 3rd AREA-directed research project
5 min
Next meeting: Monday November 9 AM Pacific/12 PM Eastern/ 5 PM UK/6 PM CET

5. New Committee Members

6. Growing the Committee Welcome new AREA members Augumenta
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
ExxonMobile
Sarcos Robotics
VA Tech University

7. AREA-directed Research Projects

8. AREA-directed Projects
AREA members propose research topic(s) and all members vote to choose the project topic
AREA member provides one research manager
Generates materials to be used in Call for Proposals
Coordinates and reviews CfP responses
Contract is between research supplier and the AREA
All results shared with all members in good standing

9. 4th AREA-directed Research Project
Identification of and Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to AR Adoption in Manufacturing Environments
4th AREA-directed Research Project

10. Scope Goals of this project are to
Validate the success drivers and barriers of AR adoption in manufacturing
Identify the relevance of any factors, including but not limited to workers’ acceptance and resistance, on AR adoption in the manufacturing use cases
Develop a framework tool that AREA members can use to assess obstacles and, based on those obstacles, propose mitigation strategies
Compile strategies to strengthen drivers and to overcome barriers to AR adoption, based on this research, prior research and case studies

11. Deliverables AREA Member Exclusives Project will produce
A comprehensive report
A framework tool (using Excel)
A case study
AREA Member Exclusives

12. Status 15 Interviews conducted 2 Interviews pending
@AWE
Remotely
2 Interviews pending
 theoretical saturation
AREA Members
& non-AREA
der Bundeswehr München Prof. Dr. Philipp A. Rauschnabel

13. Next Steps Evaluation of the Interviews (1-2 weeks)
Transcription of the audio files
Identification of the main barriers
Planning of quantitative research
AR Users
Non-AR-Users
Survey/study of workers/operators on their use of AR
der Bundeswehr München Prof. Dr. Philipp A. Rauschnabel

14. AREA Member Internal Research Survey

15. Survey Covers Six Topics
Current internal research projects and infrastructure
Best practices (methodologies) members can share
Greatest value from AREA research committee
Status/use of ROI calculator
Status/feedback on safety and human factors research project
Participation in AR in Manufacturing research

16. Status Drafted survey Oct 5-6 Mark to update?
Needs an invitation message (to send ONLY to research committee members)

17. Call to Action
If you have not already completed this survey, please go
Deadline: October 30
Mark: to flush out all test data and provide URL

18. New/Future Directions for AR Research
Framework prioritizing obstacles that AREA members need addressed

19. Develop Research Recommendations Attributable to AREA Research Committee (1 of 3)
Most urgent enterprise AR obstacles to be addressed in
Technology
Business
User experience/human factors
Interoperability/standards
Outreach/influence current and future research projects
Issue report quarterly or semi-annual
Promote directly to universities, government agencies
Post on AREA blog

20. Develop Research Recommendations Attributable to AREA Research Committee (2 of 3)
Presented this during AREA roundtable on Fri Oct 19
Currently, some industries are generating their own
Automotive (to German government)
AEC (Bentley Systems)
Power and Energy (EPRI)

21. Develop Research Recommendations Attributable to AREA Research Committee (3 of 3)
Who can/would like to lead this?

22. Research Value Task Force

23. Contributing (to) Research Committee Value
Tackle important questions
When/how should previous AREA research products be released to the enterprise AR ecosystem?
Develop a new research committee web page
Promote the committee and the members of the group
Provide access for members to upload/share research they come across etc.
Study how the AREA research is being used (or not!)
Write and/or promote posts about AREA Research Value on member blogs (or the AREA blog)

24. Status
Previous AREA research products be released to the enterprise AR ecosystem
Security reports
What is the process?
Christine drafted new research committee web page
Angela to complete Web site
Research usage/feedback via survey (PLEASE RESPOND)

25. Can you provide leadership?
Frame/guide the work
Solicit volunteers and manage volunteer inputs
Schedule and host meetings (as needed)
Compile and provide results to AREA ED
Report to the Research Committee (~5 min monthly)

26. Human Factors Interest Group

27. Human Factors Interest Group
Goal
to create an online community around the exploration, discussion and research around AR-related human factors
Status
IG started in August, adopted Discord (similar to Slack) and lists as communication platforms, currently seeking members willing to share HF-related experiences/content
Plans
Regular (tentatively monthly) meetings will offer opportunities for presentations/discussion around HF, Discord will offer asynchronous discussion in between

28. Human Factors Interest Group
How to Participate
Sign up to join the mailing list
Join the HFIG Discord server

29. Status
Don and Mike are soliciting speakers on specific topics for upcoming calls
Next Meeting Nov 15th 11 AM Eastern/8 AM Pacific
Web page for schedule of speakers?
Archives to be made available for members?

30. AR Research Best Practices Task Force
Research Methodologies
How do you do your research?
What to avoid?

31. Goal: Develop Research Best Practices to be Attributable to Research Committee
Best practices (methodologies) in research
Design
Selection of partners, vendors and tools
Execution
Metrics
Outreach/influence current and future research projects
Issue report quarterly or semi-annual
Promote directly to universities, government agencies
Post on AREA blog

32. Current Status Survey of topics on which AREA members are investing
Human factors/UX design
AR technology maturity/evaluation/testing in specific use cases
Product selection criteria (“decision tree” for testing/evaluation)
Market size forecasting (assumptions, methodologies)
What other topics?
But, even if these are of interest
Do members (or third parties) have insights/willing to contribute?
Which is most urgent?

33. Next Steps
Members to choose one “reachable” and useful topic as part of broader Research Committee survey
Set up repository/tools for collaboration and communication

34. AREA Research Thought Leadership Webinars

35. Webinar Series
Purpose: AREA thought leaders sharing/demonstrating best practices by describing/discussing successful projects
Target audiences: basic and applied AR research professionals
Speakers: AREA members
Logistics
Scheduling
Rehearsals

36. September 26th Webinar
AREA members only webinar page

37. October 4th Webinar Featuring research results from
EPRI – John Simmins and Micah Tinklepaugh
Boeing – Brian Laughlin
Members can watch recording on AREA Webinar – members only page of theAREA.org

38. October 4th Webinar
AREA members only webinar page

39. Results of ISMAR 2018 Workshop
Workshop led by
Michael Rygol & Christine Perey
Presentation by B-COM : AR use case survey results
Presented need for contextualized use cases & requirements
Five use cases presented for discussion
AR for Training,
AR for Inspection & Quality assurance
AR for Complex Assembly
AR for Remote Assistance
Virtual User Interfaces with AR
Requirements discussed and captured
To be populated into ASON (AREA statements of needs tool)
Visit or signup here
Visit workshop web site

40. Promoting and populating requirements committee database

41. EPRI will host Dec 2018 OGC TC Meeting
OGC member meeting open to the public
Registration is required
Hosted in Charlotte, NC by EPRI December 10-14, 2018
Visit and contact John Simmins for more info

42. AREA-directed Research Projects

43. AREA-directed Projects
AREA members propose research topic(s) and all members vote to choose the project topic
AREA member provides one research manager
Generates materials to be used in Call for Proposals
Coordinates and reviews CfP responses
Contract is between research supplier and the AREA
All results shared with all members in good standing

44. ROI Calculator
Status Update

45. 2nd AREA-directed Project: Measuring ROI
Initial development work completed to make tool available online
To be completed:
Full end to end testing (ensure all calculations are correct)
Add new functionality
Collect Use Case and Industry
Define terms and conditions of use
including enabling the AREA to use the high level data (ROI) and liability
Add to AREA portal

46. Web-based AR ROI Calculator

47. Web-based AR ROI Calculator

48. 3rd AREA-directed Research Project

49. AR Safety and Human Factors Assessment
Three deliverables
Framework/Tool
Report about the research
Case Study
Executing by the MTC (an AREA NCA member)
Program Management (on behalf of the AREA) by PEREY Research & Consulting
Safety Committee supported Research, and vice versa
AREA Member Exclusives

50. Current Status Report – Sent to all members in good standing
Framework tool – Sent to all members in good standing
Case study – made available to ecosystem
Downloadable here
Blog article created
AREA portal front page promo
Promoted via social media

51. Next Meetings
Monday Nov 9 AM Pacific/12 PM Eastern/5 PM UK/6 PM CET
Continuing discussion on committee topics
4th AREA-Directed research project status report
Thursday December AM Eastern