Human-centered Augmented Reality Guidance for Industrial Maintenance with Digital Twins: A Use-Case Driven Pilot Study

Industrial augmented reality research depends on precise use case descriptions and close communication with specialists from the field. Therefore, user-centered methods should lead this research. This work describes the use case of corrective maintenance in chemical industries. This is done by presenting a use case description as well as extracting and discussing augmented reality functionalities in the context of existing research and emerging digital twin platforms. Additionally, the work provides insights into the first iteration of pro-totyping for the use case. The results offer future research directions and indicate how augmented reality might become a beneficial and accepted technology for maintenance in chemical industries.