Vuforia Augmented Reality Work Instructions

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What are augmented reality work instructions?


Augmented reality work instructions present critical information and guidance in a highly visual, interactive way—displayed on the physical products in the real environment. AR work instructions can be easily created through capturing knowledge via first-person video, leveraging existing 3D content, or in real time by remotely connecting with an expert for visual guidance. Overlaying digital content in context with the work being done increases manufacturing productivity, service accuracy, inspection quality, and overall workforce efficiency.

Types of augmented reality work instructions

3D visual guides

For the most immersive experience, model-based AR work instructions can be delivered as 3D visual guides, which allow the user to see step-by-step 3D-animated sequences overlaid on top of machines, offering clear, in-context visualization for service, operating, or training instructions.

AI-enhanced expert knowledge

Your experts take their knowledge with them when they retire. Seasoned frontline workers can capture their knowledge for AR work instructions and easily create and scale AI-enhanced inspection procedures with 3D CAD data.

Remote assistance

Working remotely comes with challenges, but AR bridges that gap by adding clear visualization. Technicians and experts can draw digital annotations on a mobile screen or desktop that accurately stick to 3D physical objects in the real world, allowing the expert to guide the technician through the process.

AR work instructions help to address challenges

Retiring experts

Widening skills gap

Hybrid and distributed workforce

Insufficient tools

Benefits of AR work instructions

Increase workforce efficiency

Whether in the field or on the factory floor, AR work instructions provide employees with clear, in-context instructions that empower them to get their jobs done more effectively and efficiently.

Whether in the field or on the factory floor, AR work instructions provide employees with clear, in-context instructions that empower them to get their jobs done more effectively and efficiently.

Improve uptime

Reduce downtime and accelerate problem resolution by connecting your field technicians and customers with experts who can guide them through complex tasks.

Reduce downtime and accelerate problem resolution by connecting your field technicians and customers with experts who can guide them through complex tasks.

Boost knowledge retention

Reduce cognitive load and improve new hires’ time to productivity with more effective digital training tactics and on-the-job AR-enabled guidance.

Reduce cognitive load and improve new hires’ time to productivity with more effective digital training tactics and on-the-job AR-enabled guidance.

Reduce costs

Lower the costs associated with training, downtime, and poor product quality with precise, always-up-to-date AR instructions.

Lower the costs associated with training, downtime, and poor product quality with precise, always-up-to-date AR instructions.

Drive continuous improvement and compliance

Ensure that employees have access to the most up-to-date instructions and leverage critical insights gathered on the front line to identify opportunities for improvement.

Ensure that employees have access to the most up-to-date instructions and leverage critical insights gathered on the front line to identify opportunities for improvement.

Enhance safety

AR work instructions can provide employees with in-context visual warnings, guidelines, and knowledge checks to improve safety.

AR work instructions can provide employees with in-context visual warnings, guidelines, and knowledge checks to improve safety.

Creating high-value AR work instructions has never been faster or easier

Vuforia’s portfolio of AR solutions allows organizations to quickly author, edit, publish, and distribute step-by-step instructions and remote assistance globally. Vuforia AR work instructions enable:

  • Intuitive content authoring supported by the digital thread for faster time to value
  • Immersive instructions powered by leading computer vision and AI
  • Simple cross-platform publishing that fits your organizational needs
  • Enterprise security, management, and scalability

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Accelerate AR authoring by automatically sourcing existing 3D product data

Creating work instructions from scratch is a difficult process, and making sure those instructions are updated and in the right employees’ hands adds even more complexity.

Fortunately, organizations can connect their existing business systems to accelerate the creation of augmented reality work instructions.

Instead of authoring a single AR experience, CAD, PLM, and AR can be seamlessly connected to scale the creation of AR work instructions for variable, complex product lines—saving your engineers and technical writers time and money. Updates made to the product design, or changes to the way it should be assembled, serviced, or inspected, will be reflected automatically within the AR application, increasing the confidence and accuracy of frontline workers.

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Industry applications for AR work instructions

Manufacturing

Service

Inspection

Training

Vuforia work instructions case studies

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Magna supercharges its quality control and training processes with AR

Nascote Industries, a division of Magna International, embraced Vuforia Expert Capture to accelerate new hire training, optimize quality inspection, and boost efficiency. Read Their Story

Merck achieves a higher level of standardized work

Merck helped minimize human error and ensured consistent execution by leveraging Vuforia Expert Capture to create clear and standardized AR work instructions. Read Their Story

STERIS helps customers reduce critical mistakes with AR

STERIS used Vuforia Studio to help customers improve SOP compliance, minimize errors, and reduce the risk of contamination with clear 3D visual guidance. Read Their Story

Howden improved customer support with augmented remote assistance

Howden implemented AR remote assistance with Vuforia Chalk to help support their global customers and improve their workforce productivity. Read Their Story

Vuforia work instructions offerings

Vuforia Expert Capture is an easy-to-use SaaS AR solution to help frontline workers more efficiently with on-the-job captured domain expertise and AI-enhanced visual inspection.

Vuforia Studio leverages the digital thread to transform your existing CAD, PLM, and IoT data into detailed 3D AR instructions that provide critical information overlayed on the physical world.

Vuforia Chalk makes augmented reality widely available and quickly accessible by combining advanced AR collaboration tools with real-time video to connect a field technician with an expert.

PTC named #1 vendor in Quadrant’s 2024 Enterprise Augmented Reality Assessment

Quadrant's analysis evaluated 11 AR solution providers. PTC achieved the highest scores for Customer Impact and Technology Excellence, securing the top vendor position. The 2024 edition is the fourth year in a row that Quadrant has recognized Vuforia as a leading AR solution in the market. Explore the complete report to understand why PTC Vuforia is the right solution for your organization.
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AR work instructions frequently asked questions

What is the difference between digital work instructions and AR work instructions?

Digital work instructions are an evolution of traditional, paper-based instructions that take written instructions, photos, graphs, and other critical information for frontline workers on a tablet. However, this method of instruction is missing key context.

The evolution of digital work instructions is augmented reality work instructions, which overlay critical information onto the real world. Workers no longer need to compare 2D images or information on a 2D screen with the real 3D product. Companies can also leverage existing 3D CAD, PLM, and IoT data to add even more valuable information for workers, where and when they need it. AR work instructions can be easily authored, deployed, and scaled across an organization.

How to implement work instructions using augmented reality?

Augmented reality work instructions can be created and implemented in several different ways. If an organization has existing CAD and PLM data, it can be leveraged to accelerate the creation of model-based AR work instructions. For companies without CAD data, experts can capture their knowledge on the job, from a first-person perspective, and have it easily authored into instructions.

These AR work instructions can be implemented by publishing them cross-platform on tablets, phones, and AR headsets, which offers implementation flexibility for organizations to utilize the devices they already have.

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