Background

Teaching and learning at the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing is a complicated process, with students and Faculty needing consistent reminders on how to safely set-up, use, and maintain the machines. The issue is that currently there exists little to no resources for students to remind themselves of safety procedures, leading to them creating their own resources, which may contain inaccurate information. Due to the heavy machinery that these people are working with, safety is a huge concern, and having access to proper training would fill the knowledge gap.

Objective

This program aims to use the Apple Vision Pro Headset to create an Augmented Reality (AR) training program. The ultimate goal is to create an AR program where users can physically interact with the machine as the headset provides training, tips, and instructions. Our hope is that this combination of kinaesthetic movement and visual instructions will help students retain the information. Outside of this goal, however, the aim is to create a teaching tool that students can re-use whenever they need a refresher on operating procedures. The first machine chosen for this project is the sliding table saw machine.

The Team

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jörn Dettmer, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Forestry

Student Team:

• Walker Rout, Project Lead, Developer (September 2024-Present)
• Kai Zhang, Developer (September 2024-Present)

Staff Team

• Frederik Svendsen, Staff Developer (September 2024-Present)
• Anushka Sharma, Staff Designer (September 2024-December 2024)