{"id":95265,"date":"2019-06-17T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=433377"},"modified":"2019-06-17T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:25:14","slug":"airbus-reaches-new-heights-with-the-help-of-microsoft-mixed-reality-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/airbus-reaches-new-heights-with-the-help-of-microsoft-mixed-reality-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus reaches new heights with the help of Microsoft mixed reality technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is mixed reality?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mixed reality takes digital information beyond two-dimensional screens to a three-dimensional experience by using holograms, which are images made of light and sound.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens headset is a culmination of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), hardware design and mixed reality development. It allows people to interact with holograms in physical space, meaning that they can view and manipulate holographic images on their own in the air or in combination with real physical objects.<\/p>\n

The recent release of HoloLens 2 takes the mixed reality experience a step further, allowing users to manipulate holograms the same way they would handle physical objects. The headset also offers eye tracking that can sense when a user\u2019s eyes land on a particular location and produce relevant digital information, as well as automatic scrolling as the user reads. Users can log in via iris recognition, making sharing among multiple people easy and secure.<\/p>\n

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Hololens 2 helps Airbus designers accelerate the validation process \u2013 when they determine whether their designs are fit for industrialization \u2013 by 80 percent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Putting mixed reality to work <\/strong><\/p>\n

Airbus has seen impressive results in its trials and deployments of Microsoft\u2019s mixed reality technology in training, design and manufacturing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMixed reality can help us to increase quality, safety and security,\u201d Dumont says. \u201cThe level of human error is significantly reduced, and in aerospace, increased quality is increased safety\u2014and<\/span> needless to say, security goes with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mixed reality allows aerospace trainees to learn in an immersive virtual environment without the need for an actual physical aircraft or parts. This 3D environment can offer features that real-life training cannot, such as the ability to view elements in three dimensions from any angle.<\/p>\n

HoloLens helps Airbus designers virtually test their designs to see if they are ready for manufacture. Mixed reality speeds up the process substantially, decreasing the time spent by 80 percent.<\/p>\n

Mixed reality technology can also help workers on the production line access crucial information while keeping their hands free. Digital information, such as instructions or diagrams, can be overlaid on a real piece of machinery to aid in complex or hard-to-reach tasks. These kinds of mixed-reality solutions have allowed Airbus to cut manufacturing time by a third while improving quality.<\/p>\n

Mixed reality empowers employees to execute their jobs in the most efficient and ergonomic way possible, and this contributes directly to performance improvements, according to Barbara Bergmeier, who is head of operations at Airbus Defense and Space.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy having the right information at the right time in hands free mode, not only does quality increase, but also safety, and this is what we are looking for. Quality without consideration of the well-being of our workers is not possible,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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Mixed reality technology can be used to help Airbus production workers access information and instructions while their hands are occupied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Working together to evolve mixed reality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only is Airbus creating solutions for its workforce, but it has built off-the-shelf solutions for its customers, so they can also benefit from Airbus\u2019 expertise in building mixed reality solutions. Starting at the Paris Air Show<\/a>, Airbus will be selling these in partnership with Microsoft on HoloLens 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoloLens 2 was born from the inspiration that it be designed for the customer, by the customer,\u201d says Alex Kipman, technical fellow in Microsoft\u2019s Cloud and AI group. \u201cAirbus has long been a strategic partner in building the future of mixed reality solutions for an industrial environment and we have learned a lot from them. We are thrilled to continue our partnership as we embark on this next era of computing, the era of mixed reality and artificial intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first new solution offered under this partnership is a mixed reality training program first released<\/a> with Japan Airlines (JAL). It helps maintenance operators and cabin crews learn in a 3D holographic environment and access instructions, heads-up and hands-free, while on the job.<\/p>\n

In addition, Airbus will launch a collaborative map solution that allows participants from the defense and aerospace fields to virtually connect, quickly share space data and interact with complex virtual environments to plan and prepare ahead of missions.<\/p>\n

Airbus is working on requests from other customers for mixed reality maintenance, training and remote collaboration solutions.<\/p>\n

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Over the next 20 years, Airbus aims to build 20,000 aircraft.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Leading in real life<\/strong><\/p>\n

Airbus\u2019 collaboration with Microsoft on mixed reality goes beyond helping the company reach its internal goals. Such technological innovation is crucial to Airbus\u2019 larger objective to become a world leader in digital services for the aerospace industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very optimistic about this future collaboration with Microsoft based off what we\u2019ve done in the last four years,\u201d Dumont says. \u201cThis is really a way for us to lead our digital transformation. It\u2019s multifold, but the use of mixed reality and HoloLens 2 are one of the key assets for Airbus in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top photo: Holographic technology from Microsoft will be key to helping Airbus manufacture more aircraft faster. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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