Work Package Description
Work Package 1 – Project Management
WP1 aimed to guarantee the success of the project objectives, related to management and innovation, and that they are met by ensuring the successful completion of the project on resource, quality, and on time.
Work Package 2- Requirements, Use Case and Demonstration Specification
WP2 aimed at providing and defining a consensual project vision, establishing the state of the art in terms of technologies for eXtended Reality in the Off-Highway domain and for human-machine interaction. Additionally, this WP collected and analysed the technical and use case requirements and defined the Key Performance Indicators.
Work Package 3 – Transdisciplinary Co-Design
WP3 aimed at providing a transdisciplinary co-design concept from the context of use analysis to the formative evaluation of information presentation and interaction concepts. It investigated the validation of useful, intuitive, and safe extended reality information presentation and interaction and design concepts to positively experience work through self-efficacy and meaningfulness. Finally, solutions allowing high standards of ethics and data security have been designed.
Work Package 4 – Cyber-Physical Human-Machine Interaction
WP4 aimed at bringing the requirements of the workplaces to the extended realities, targeting mainly how to improve human-machine interaction. Hereby, the target was to convey the feelings of being present in the area of the machine operation and being responsible for the work performed by conveying extended reality interfaces. Different interaction modalities were investigated and extended for applicability within industrial use cases. Additionally, a simulation-based environment was introduced for testing the different interaction modalities.
Work Package 5 – Multi-modal Information Presentation
WP5 aimed at design and development of methods for accurate calibration and registration of sensors with respect to the sensors used for visualization and other forms of feedback. Algorithms have been developed for processing of non-tangible data in order to visualize or transfer them into a perceivable form in XR environments. Additionally, novel visualization concepts were developed to provide information in an understandable way for the human operator to interact with the machine intuitively.
Work Package 6 – Integration, Demonstration, Validation, and Verification
WP6 has acted as the experimental base for the technologies and methodologies developed within THEIAXR. These solutions were integrated into designated demonstrators from the three different domains targets in the use cases, namely snow grooming, logistics, and construction. Additionally, the developed technologies have been validated against specific and real-world scenarios, requirements, and KPIs defined within the project.
Work Package 7 – Dissemination, Exploitation, and Communication
WP7 has disseminated and provided outreach of the project activities and results to encourage the spread of THEIAXR within and outside the Off-Highway domain. This resulted in making the THEIAXR solutions known in the off-highway domain and beyond. Additionally, it provided guidelines for the development and deployment of XR technologies and their privacy-related issues.
