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Human Factors Committee

Aug 11 2022

Chair Jonathan Kies Qualcomm Recent Publications AR Safety & Human Factors Report and Case Study Member Login Charter AREA recognizes that human-centered design is critical to building and deploying successful AR applications, devices, and services. The Human Factors Interest Group is a forum for members to exchange ideas, resources, and research on best practices. Focus...

Human Factors Committee

Aug 10 2022

Chairs Barbara Chaparro Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Ryan Wheeler RTX Recent Publications AR Safety & Human Factors Report and Case Study Member Login Charter AREA recognizes that human-centered design is critical to building and deploying successful AR applications, devices, and services. The Human Factors Committee is a forum for members to exchange ideas, resources, and...

AREA Human Factors Group Developing an AR & MR Usability Heuristic Checklist

Jul 15 2022

Usability is an essential prerequisite for any successful AR application. If any aspect of the application – from the cognitive impact on the user to the comfort of the AR device – has a significant negative impact on usability, it could discourage user acceptance and limit projected productivity gains and return-on-investment. But how can organizations...

Jon Kies Explores the Potential of the AREA Human Factors Committee

Mar 8 2022

AREA: What does Human Factors in Augmented Reality encompass? Kies: Human Factors is the study of humans, from both cognitive and physical perspectives. We investigate how humans interact with devices, applications, and services, and incorporate those insights into the design of systems. In the case of AR, it’s especially important because you may be wearing...

Embry-Riddle Prof. Barbara Chaparro on the Human Factors Aspects of AR

Mar 28 2019

AREA: Tell us how you became interested in joining the AREA. Dr. Chaparro: I first heard about the AREA from Brian Laughlin at Boeing. Brian was my human factors doctoral student when I was at Wichita State and we’ve kept in touch over the years. I’ve seen the kinds of things he’s been working on...