Augmented reality for volcanic and seismic risk communication

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Reitano ◽  
Susanna Falsaperla
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Innovative Techniques ◽  
Volcanic Environment

<p>Dealing with topics concerning natural risk management in a volcanic environment, can greatly benefit from innovative techniques. In particular, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are well known by Native Digital and can be used by lower-level and university students to promote their understanding of natural risks.</p><p><strong>3DTeLC </strong>is a three-year trans-European project funded by the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 programme: “Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices, a European scheme that fosters higher education partnerships” (https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/key-action-2).</p><p>The main goal of this project is to help young students to become highly-skilled professionals in the field of environment and geosciences, gaining knowledge in image and 3D-spatial analysis, data management and informatics, and strengthening their mathematical and numerical skills in Earth observation and data analysis.</p><p>In the framework of this project INGV team has developed a “Talking poster”, using a custom AR tool to propose a user friendly approach aimed at the reduction of volcanic and seismic risks.</p>

Proactive Actions Based on a Resilient Approach to Urban Seismic Risk Mitigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-335
Author(s):  
Marco Vona
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation

Background: Seismic risk mitigation is an important issue in earthquake-prone countries, and needs to be solved in those complex communities governed by complex processes, where urban planning, socioeconomic dynamics, and, often, the need to preserve cultural assets are present simultaneously. In recent years, due to limited financial resources, mitigation activities have often been limited to post-earthquake events, and only a few in periods of inactivity, particularly in urban planning. At this point, a significant change in point of view is necessary. Methods: The seismic risk mitigation (and more generally, natural risk mitigation) must be considered as the main topic in urban planning and in the governance of communities. In fact, in several recent earthquakes, significant socioeconomic losses have been caused by the low or lack of resilience of the communities. This is mainly due to the high vulnerability of private buildings, in particular, housing units. Results: Therefore, in recent years, several studies have been conducted on the seismic resilience of communities. However, significant improvements are still needed for the resilience assessment of the housing stock, both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this study, which is applied to the housing system, a proposal regarding a change in urban planning and emergency management tools based on the concept of resilience is reported. As a first application, a case study in Italy is considered. Conclusion: The proposal is focused on defining and quantifying the improvement of the resilience of the communities and this must be obtained by modifying the current Civil Protection plan. New tools are based on a new resilience community plan by encompassing urban planning tools, resilient mitigation strategies, and consequently, emergency management planning.

scholarly journals Augmented Reality: An Enhancer for Higher Education Students in Math's Learning?

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 332-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
MMath. Teresa Coimbra ◽  
Teresa Cardoso ◽  
Artur Mateus
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Education Students

ARESIBO HORIZON 2020 EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT – ENRICHED SITUATION AWARENESS FOR BORDER SURVEILLANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-255
Author(s):  
Konstantinos CHARISI ◽  
Andreas TSIGOPOULOS ◽  
Spyridon KINTZIOS ◽  
Vassilis PAPATAXIARHIS
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Border Security ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Current State ◽  
Available Information ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract. The paper aims to introduce the ARESIBO project to a greater but targeted audience and outline its main scope and achievements. ARESIBO stands for “Augmented Reality Enriched Situation awareness for Border security”. In the recent years, border security has become one of the highest political priorities in EU and needs the support of every Member State. ARESIBO project is developed under HORIZON 2020 EC Research and Innovation program and it is the joint effort of 20 participant entities from 11 countries. Scientific excellence and technological innovation are top priorities as ARESIBO enhances the current state-of-the-art through technological breakthroughs in Mobile Augmented Reality and Wearables, Robust and Secure Telecommunications, Robots swarming technique and Planning of Context-Aware Autonomous Missions, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), in order to implement user-friendly tools for border and coast guards. The system aims to improve the cognitive capabilities and the perception of border guards through intuitive user interfaces that will help them acquire an improved situation awareness by filtering the huge amount of available information from multiple sources. Ultimately, it will help them respond faster and more effectively when a critical situation occurs.

Virtuelle Techniken in der Fertigung/Virtual technologies in production

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (03) ◽  
pp. 169-173
Author(s):  
P. Brunkow ◽  
Y. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Innovative Techniques

Virtuelle Techniken wie Augmented Reality (AR) ermöglichen die Visualisierung virtueller Informationen wie beispielsweise Geometriedaten im selben Bild. In diesem Artikel werden Potenziale und Herausforderungen beim Einsatz von AR in der Fertigung dargestellt. Darüber hinaus wird der Mitarbeiter als kritischer Erfolgsfaktor bei der Implementierung von innovativen Techniken betrachtet und der künftige Forschungsbedarf aufgezeigt.   Virtual technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) allow the visualization of virtual information. This article describes potentials and challenges, applying AR in production. Furthermore the employee is outlined as critical factor of success for the implementation of innovative techniques. Future research needs are pointed out.

scholarly journals Work-Life Balance in Higher Education for Women: Perspectives of Athletic Training Faculty

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie M. Mazerolle ◽  
Jessica L. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Athletic Training Faculty ◽  
Training Faculty

Context: Women are largely underrepresented in science fields in academe, and most often issues with motherhood and career-life balancing are identified as reasons. In athletic training, career-life balancing has become the dominant factor in women leaving the field, as they feel they cannot fulfill the roles of mother, spouse, and athletic trainer adequately. Objective: To better understand the perceptions of women athletic training faculty members regarding balancing their roles in higher education and those outside of the workplace. Design: Interpretative phenomenological analysis study, with semistructured interviews. Setting: Higher education institutions sponsoring Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education–accredited athletic training programs. Patients or Other Participants: Sixteen (8 with children, 8 without children) women athletic training faculty participated. Ten were married at the time of the interview, 3 were single, 2 were engaged, and 1 was in the process of getting a divorce. Main Outcome Measure(s): Each participant completed a one-on-one interview with a researcher and all data were coded following interpretative phenomenological analysis. Data saturation was attained. We completed member checks, peer review, and researcher triangulation for credibility. Results: We found that motherhood was perceived to be a challenge and balancing the role of motherhood created conflict. Despite concerns for motherhood and balancing faculty roles, higher education was perceived to provide flexibility. Support networks and individual strategies were common to manage the responsibilities of faculty as well as nonfaculty roles. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that higher education cultivates a climate of balance through flexible workplace arrangements and that support networks are necessary to create role balancing in and out of the workplace. Finally, time management and organization are necessary for women to establish balance, regardless of roles outside of the workplace (eg, spouse, mother, friend).

scholarly journals Caso de buenas prácticas en la formación en TICs y fomento de la competencia digital en la sociedad, y, especialmente, en los colectivos en riesgo de exclusión digital.

EDMETIC ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Nuria Hernández León ◽  
Mario Miguel Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Data ◽  
First Year ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Castilla Y Leon ◽  
Regional Project ◽  
Digital Exclusion ◽  
Buenas Prácticas ◽  
Competencia Digital

En este artículo se realiza un análisis de un caso de buenas prácticas destinado a la formación en TICS para fomentar la adquisión de competencia digital en la sociedad, haciendo especial énfasis en los colectivos que se encuentran en riesgo de exclusión digital, realizado a través de un proyecto regional en Castilla y Léon (España), dependiente de la Administración Pública. Se toma como ejemplo el caso de un centro en la localidad de Salamanca (España) debido a la profesionalidad de los trabajadores, sus buenas prácticas, sus resultados y por ser el modelo a seguir del proyecto, tomando como datos de análisis el primer año de apertura del centro.________________In this article an analysis of a case of good practices for training in TICS is carried out to promote the acquisition of digital competence in society, with special emphasis on groups that are at risk of digital exclusion, carried out through a Regional project in Castilla y Léon (Spain), dependent on the Public Administration. The case of a center in the town of Salamanca (Spain) is taken as an example because of the professionalism of the workers, their good practices, their results and for being the model to follow the project, taking as analysis data the first year of the center. 

scholarly journals Implementation of Augmented Reality in a Mechanical Engineering Training Context

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Dominique Scaravetti ◽  
Rémy François
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Training Context ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Engineering Training ◽  
3D Representations

Global industry is at the heart of its fourth industrial revolution, being driven by the emergence of new digital solutions: Augmented reality allows us to consider the evolution towards the “the augmented operator”. This technology is currently little used in higher education, especially for mechanical engineers. We believe that it can facilitate learning and develop autonomy. The objective of this work is to assess the relevance of augmented reality in this context, as well as its impact on learning. The difficulties for a student approaching a technical system are related to reading and understanding 2D and even 3D representations, lack of knowledge on components functions, and the analysis of the chain of power transmission and transformation of movement. The research is intended to see if AR technologies are relevant to answer these issues and help beginners get started. To that end, several AR scenarios have been developed on different mechanical systems, using the relevant features of the AR interfaces that we have identified. Otherwise, these experiences have enabled us to identify specific issues linked to the implementation of AR. Our choice of AR devices and software allows us to have an integrated digital chain with digital tools and files used by mechanical engineers. Finally, we sought to assess how this technology made it possible to overcome the difficulties of learners, in different learning situations.

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