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2001
Conference Paper
Titel
A Wearable Collaboration Solution for Industrial Environment
Abstract
Portable computers and wireless networks have brought a coveted mobility to computer users and have extended the applicability of such tools to a broader range of working activities. Later on, a step forward in terms of availability and usability of these supporting tools has been achieved with Wearable Computers. Nevertheless, the available technologies still pose constrains that compromise the performance and effectiveness of application systems. Besides technological absences, there are important challenges to be solved related to the human-factor and peculiar demands and nature of mobile activities. This article describes an application case involving co-operative work, the system development approach, and a software realization that promote adaptions on a conferencing system according to the resources of the platform and to aspects related to the user and the computer-support task. The target applications are mobile activities such as remote-assisted training, maintenance, or troubleshooting in a factory plant.