Just in time for Halloween, we have finalised work on a major release of the ‘WEKIT.one’, our next-generation app for wearable experiences in knowledge-intensive training.
The development of the experience capturing software has been led by members of the Performance Augmentation Lab. This is one of the first of such tools that allows the generation of content to be done completely within AR. Using a HoloLens and other wearable sensors, the software guides experts to record immersive training procedures using all available AR content. Blending 2D and 3D instruction into the workplace creates a far richer and more interactive training experience.
The expert works through the procedure, capturing their actions, thoughts, and guiding instruction step by step. We are able to capture their movement in and around the workplace, their hand positions, and even some additional biophysical signals, such as heart rate variability or galvanic skin resistance. With just the technology at hand, trainees can now visualise the expert, listen to live guidance, and have access to on-demand knowledge about the task at hand.
To now we have seen experts in the field of aircraft maintenance, radiology and astronaut training use this software and, in 2019, we aim to establish new collaboration within the university, within Oxford and abroad – most imminently with the European Space Agency.