Augmented reality a potential remote trades training tool – constructconnect.com – Daily Commercial News
An augmented reality (AR) provider is hoping to make inroads into trades training in some of the most remote locations in Canada.
““Our goal is to accelerate the time to competency for the apprentice, the new guy on the site… ,” says Charlie Neagoy, senior vice-president of cust…….
An augmented reality (AR) provider is hoping to make inroads into trades training in some of the most remote locations in Canada.
““Our goal is to accelerate the time to competency for the apprentice, the new guy on the site… ,” says Charlie Neagoy, senior vice-president of customer success, Librestream.
The AR provider incorporates a platform called digital work instruction that allows workers to install or deal with a problem through interactive guided instruction from another location. It is done from a knowledge network platform that integrates artificial intelligence and AR technology, explains Neagoy.
“We are focused on getting the right information to the person who needs it, the moment they need it, where ever they are.”
Ted Polzer, product and customer support for CASE Construction Equipment, a division of CNH Industrial, sees the merits of the Librestream tool.
With dealerships throughout Canada – from Newfoundland to B.C. – CASE faces “a big challenge” having a capable technician on some of its more isolated sites when equipment breaks down.
“Canada is a massive territory for us,” Polzer says.
Prior to using Librestream, CASE looked to various companies with video capability to connect to remote field locations to diagnose problems but video connectivity was poor to many areas because of weak WiFi signals.
Librestream’s platform gets around the problem by requiring less bandwidth to transmit high-definition images and videos, Polzer says.
“We started a pilot with them (Librestream) in Canada just to see how well it connects in areas that don’t have good cellular coverage and we were really blow away by the connectivity.”
Polzer says one of CASE’s objectives is to get all of its equipment dealerships operating with the tool.
The tool fits into the content of CASE’s curriculum for its three-tier training certification program open to dealers and technicians throughout North America.
“If you are able to connect an experienced technician to an inexperienced technician on a repair and then perform some types of training close to that repair, the educational value is very high,” explains Polzer.
Librestream’s product can also be tailored to a specific dealership’s needs because it is built on an “open architecture” platform. A mounted camera with flash control, zoom control and thermal imaging is an example of how far it can go, he points out.
CHARLIE NEAGOY
“It has found a lot of issues that would have taken a lot longer to diagnose for our customers,” Neagoy adds.
He says a GC travelling from one jobsite …….
