USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY IN AUTOMOTIVE PROTOTYPING

Abstract

Augmented reality (AR) is a technique to enhance the knowledge about an object. This knowledge is in digital format and available on handy gadgets. On the need basis anyone, anywhere, any object information can be obtained within no time using AR technique. This way one may not require expert physical presence to know about any object. This technique is being very well used in many areas like education, medical, aerospace etc. This technique can be extended in manufacturing process also. One important manufacturing process is the vehicle conversion through automotive proto building, where many parts are to undergo changes. This work require expert presence and his knowledge for assembly and disassembly sequence, appropriate tool usage, correct applications of force and torque, correct parts and their fitment. All these requirements are met with in lieu of time and money in terms of expert presence and manual convey of knowledge. All the above requirements can be addressed through application of digital capability of modern world and one of the application is Augmented Reality (AR) in virtual prototyping. This paper discusses about usage of AR technique in making automotive virtual prototype. The virtual prototype is a handy knowledge bank which help technicians and engineers to perform their job without anyone help & hence save money, reduces turnaround time and avoid errors in the process.