Combining virtual reality enabled simulation with 3D scanning technologies towards smart manufacturing

Windo Hutabarat, John Oyekan, Christopher Turner, Ashutosh Tiwari, Neha Prajapat, Xiao-Peng Gan, Anthony Waller
2016 2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)  
Recent introduction of low-cost 3D sensing and affordable immersive virtual reality have lowered the barriers for creating and maintaining 3D virtual worlds. In this paper, we propose a way to combine these technologies with discrete-event simulation to improve the use of simulation in decision making in manufacturing. This work will describe how feedback is possible from real world systems directly into a simulation model to guide smart behaviors. Technologies included in the research include
more » ... eedback from RGBD images of shop floor motion and human interaction within full immersive virtual reality that includes the latest headset technologies.
doi:10.1109/wsc.2016.7822314 dblp:conf/wsc/HutabaratO0TPGW16 fatcat:w7wwy2oftffldd7coflfspvove