Augmented reality in the industry : to provide a machine operator with insightful process information

The automation industry produces a lot of data. In this thesis, augmented reality is used to investigate whether it can provide a level of insight to an operator that a regular Human machine interface can not. By building a software solution that provides augmentation on a live video feed, user tests could be conducted with experts in a testing facility. The outcomes of the user tests were that in general a device with augmented reality can provide extra insights. Problems like information overload, glitching and underdeveloped augmented reality are still evident and prevent the technology to be widely used. With more developed hardware and more integrated software, augmented reality can be an increasingly interesting technology to streamline communication between automated processes and humans.