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Edward Lowton
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Revolutionary prototype for maintenance technicians
10 October 2019
A so-called augmented reality headset to facilitate maintenance work has been launched by French company CARL Software. A subsidiary of the Accueil Group, the Berger-Levrault Group, of which CARL Software is a part, publishes software and regulatory content on an international scale. According to the 2018 EY and Syntec Numérique report, it is the ninth-largest publisher in the sector.
A prototype is being tested in Toulouse, as part of a partnership with IRIT (the Toulouse Institute for IT Research). The project entails equipping maintenance technicians with an augmented reality headset to facilitate maintenance work and enhance safety. Through a connection to the CARL Software Touch mobile application for field technicians, it provides them with all the information they need for maintenance work, before their eyes.
Using 3D vision, technicians can create a “virtual workbench” anchored in the physical space where the work is to be performed: with a simple gesture, they can place the information needed for a technical operation within their field of view.
CARL Software is currently working with partners and customers to test concrete examples of field work and support, to speed up the innovation process and consolidate CARL Software’s position as a major innovator in maintenance.
The objective is to implement the technology by 2021.
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