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Research Committee Meeting 17 th January 2019

The Research Committee will discuss the growth of the committee, human factors interest group, AREA research projects, and antitrust policy. Participants are reminded to adhere to antitrust laws.

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Research Committee Meeting 17 th January 2019

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  1. Research Committee Meeting 17th January 2019

  2. Committee Members • 3D Studio Blomberg • AMRC • Appearition • Apprentice • Augmate • Augumenta • Boeing • Brainwaive • Contextere • CrossCom • CrunchFish • DŵrCymru Welsh Water • Embry Riddle Univ • EPRI • ExxonMobile • Go Unlimited (UNLTD) • KognitivSpark • Lockheed Martin • LogistiView • Marquette University • Medtronic • Mira Labs • 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

  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

  5. Growing this Committee

  6. Growing this Committee • Is everyone (who needs to be) aware of this committee? • How to best perform outreach? • Visit Research Committee public web page http://thearea.org/research-committee-further-information/ or https://bit.ly/2qVnhXD

  7. Introductions • Anyone new to our committee?

  8. Human FactorsInterest Group

  9. 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 email 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 Human Factors Interest Group

  10. How to Participate Sign up to join the mailing list https://goo.gl/e9LHHy Join the HFIG Discord server https://discord.gg/Pa4rFUz Human Factors Interest Group

  11. Barbara (March), Doug (Feb 19) and Brian volunteered to present on specific topics for upcoming calls Next meeting? Web page for schedule of speakers? Archives to be made available for members? Status

  12. AREA Research Projects Overview

  13. Two Types of Research Projects • AREA-Directed • Benefit of AREA members (and, in the measure possible, the community at large) • Member-Directed • Benefit solely for Sponsor Members who choose to fund or co-fund a research project

  14. Member-directed Projects • AREA members determine topic(s) and contribute fee to be invested in the project • AREA serves as research manager • Call for proposals • Coordinates and reviews responses • Contract is between research supplier and the AREA • All IP belongs to members

  15. AREA-directed Projects(1 of 2) • All Sponsor, Contributor & Non-commercial/academic members may participate in idea submission • All the above classes of membership 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 • Members can be research suppliers

  16. AREA-directed Projects (2 of 2) • Paid by the AREA Research Committee allocated budget : US$15,000/project • All results shared with all above classes of membership (members in good standing) • AREA owns all IP

  17. Project idea submissions • Any member • Standardized form • Identifies research group to perform work • Includes a manager • AREA issues RFP • To research groups identified in proposal (and others) • Project awarded • May be negotiations Awarded Topics Voting RFP Review • Review of proposals • Evaluation of qualifications • Request additional inputs • Topic chosen • Voting, committee meeting and e-mail approval by BoD

  18. Wearable Enterprise Augmented Reality Security Risks • Deliverables • Classification • Framework • Testing protocol (Report B) • January to June 2017 1st AREA-DirectedProject Report A

  19. Measuring AR Return on Investment (ROI) • Deliverables • Report • Calculator • Case Study • August to December 2017 2ndAREA-DirectedProject Member Exclusive

  20. Framework for assessing and certifying AR safety in the workplace • Deliverables • Research report • Framework for reducing risk and increasing safety • Case study • February to August 2018 3rd AREA-DirectedProject

  21. Identification of and Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to AR Adoption in Manufacturing Environments • Deliverables • Comprehensive report • Framework tool (using Excel) • Case study • October 2018 to February 2019 4th AREA-directedResearch Project

  22. Update • Qualitative Interviews • Conducted • Analyzed • Questionnaire • Feedback by C. Perey included • English and German version completed • Questionnaire checked by market research panel, ready to launch • Additional feedback by AREA members (if any) xReality @Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenProf. Dr. Philipp A. Rauschnabel

  23. Next Steps • Questionnaire • Feedback by AREA members to be included (if any) • Data collection • non-user: market research panel (scheduled) • users: - some already arranged - some feedback from AREA members still needed • Data Analysis • Individual analyses (e.g. aggregated company data, comparisons with managers’ view, if any) • Final data analyses xReality @Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenProf. Dr. Philipp A. Rauschnabel

  24. 5th Research Project Topic What’s most important topic on members’ lists of priorities?

  25. 5th AREA-Directed Project Schedule

  26. AREA Research Thought Leadership Webinars

  27. 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

  28. 2019 Webinar Topics? • Public • Safety and Human Factors assessment project results • Other ideas? • Member exclusive • Market research (forecasts) • Use case selection • Human Factors • Hardware in use

  29. New/Future Directions for AR Research A research agenda is a framework for prioritizing obstacles that AREA members need addressed

  30. 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

  31. 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)

  32. AREA Research Agenda (3 of 3) • A living document • Many contributors • Many audiences

  33. Next Meetings • Thursday February 21 2019 @ 8 AM Pacific/11 AM Eastern/4 PM UK/5 PM CET • Continuing discussion on committee topics • 4th AREA-Directed research project status report • Thursday March 21 2019 @11 AM Eastern

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