Pose Estimation

Assembly Line

Reality Show: X-ray Vision Can See Through Metal

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✍️ Authors: Josh Roth, Jack Hsu

🔖 Topics: Augmented Reality, Visual Inspection, Digital Twin, Pose Estimation

🏭 Vertical: Aerospace

🏢 Organizations: Boeing, Unity, Simon Fraser University


A typical aircraft maintenance inspection involves maintenance technicians and engineers walking around an aircraft recording new defects and damage with a pencil in a notebook. Locations are often described in language like ‘3 inches from the left side of the window.’ The inspection can often take hours or days. But what if you could hold a digital device and see locations of all previous damage and repairs highlighted in 3D?

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