Subsurface infrastructure visualization: Two implementation scenarios for a handheld mobile device
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Perustieteiden korkeakoulu |
Master's thesis
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SCI3062
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en
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101
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This thesis discusses the utilization of handheld displays in software service solutions for subsurface infrastructure visualization in urban environments. The thesis discusses the challenges of using augmented reality (AR) for visualizing the infrastructure below the surface of the ground using a mobile device for mapping and rendering. The thesis reviews the current state-of-the-art tracking technologies with regard to mobile devices: AR tracking, interaction, and display technologies. The author identifies the benefits and limitations of these technologies for the requirements of this thesis. Two implementations are devised. The first, MIT's CityScope digitalized sandbox-based city planning scenario forms the simulated solution. The second, the real-world Trimble implementation scenario, maps the underground cabling beneath the Otaniemi campus area of Aalto University, Finland. Both scenarios are implemented by the author with fully functional mobile service solutions. These solutions are analyzed, the results discussed and some conclusions are drawn. In summary, the value proposition of AR technology was successfully validated in both implementations. However, there remain crucial issues related to performance and usability that need to be first overcome before AR technology is ready for widespread adoption by industry. Overcoming these limitations should form the topic of further study, with the main focus being on improving system performance in order to mitigate the computational burden on the mobile handsets.Description
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Vartiainen, MattiThesis advisor
Nyberg, TimoTakatalo, Jari