Michael Boronowsky - mb@tzi.de - [wearLab]

Empowering the Mobile Worker by Wearable Computing

FP6 Integrated Project proposal: wearIT@work

Selected Consortium Partners:Selected Consortium Partners:

Contact:Dr. Michael Boronowsky – mb@tzi.deCenter for Computing TechnologiesUniversity of Bremen[wearLab]www.wearlab.de

Contact:Dr. Michael Boronowsky – mb@tzi.deCenter for Computing TechnologiesUniversity of Bremen[wearLab]www.wearlab.de

Wearable Computing is the new paradigm• to work with instead to work at the computer

– Using the computer is not the primary task– Using the computer during the primary task

Mobile work is different to office work• Office work (often) manipulates virtual objects

inside the computer• Mobile work (often) manipulates real objects on-site

– attention and, e.g., hands needed to interact with real world objects

The 2010 Vision: wearIT@work will enable the break-through of a pervasive empowering wearable computing reality for professionals

Michael Boronowsky - mb@tzi.de - [wearLab]

Some Statistics of the wearIT@work Proposal

• Integrated Project Proposal in SO 2.3.2.6 „Applications and Services for the Mobile User and Worker“

• 35 partners from 14 European countries (including PL, CZ, TR, IL)

• 4,5 years in 4 phases (first phase: 18 months)

• An International Project Advisory Board will evaluate the project progress

• In 2002, the idea to this IP was submitted as EOI „wearIT@work – Supporting Mobile Work Processes and Mobile Activities with Wearable Computing“

Michael Boronowsky - mb@tzi.de - [wearLab]

wearIT@work: Application Orientation

The Application Pilot Scenarios:

Firefighter Assistant (Thales, Paris Fire Brigade)– Increase the safety of the firefighters, effective coordination and

communication, augmentation of human senses

Wearable Computing in Production (Skoda, Unity)– Permanent access to process and production information for the

plant management, the service staff, and the assembly worker– Aggregate information; Integration of different and

heterogeneous information sources

Wearable Computing in Maintenance (EADS, Alstom)– Inspection, Service and Repair– Smart Wearable Manuals – context sensitive, adaptive– Authoring, gather information during maintenance

Wearable Interfaces for Medical Professionals (Philips, Gespag)

– Access the controls of a medical device during examination – Present process related data to the physician

Some Aspects:

• Following the IST “peoples first” vision

• Adaptation to mobile work processes to prevent unnecessary interruption of the “real work” – understand how to introduce this new technology and make it acceptable to the end-users

• Combining new applications, technical integration, new business models, services, processes with added value for the end-users

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wearIT@work Project Organization

Activity line 1Mobile, wearablecomputing 2010

ENEA

Activity field 1.1Wearable computing

roadmap - 2010 vision

UMIT

Activity field 1.2Innovation integration

and harmonisation

University of Bremen

Activity field 1.3Business potentials and

soial impacts

ENEA

Activity line 2Organisation of mobile

work

Tekniker

Activity field 3.2Detection of context

data

Philips

Activity field 2.1Change of work proc.

and HCI Design

SAP

Activity field 2.2Wearable computer

collaboration

FhG FIT

Activity field 3.1Wearable computer

systems

ETH-Wearable Lab

Activity field 3.3Heterogenous Networks

Sony

Activity field 4.3System security and

safety

Mellon Technologies

Activity field 4.2Basic system andservice framework

Siemens

Acivity field 5.1Variant production

Skoda

Activity field 5.2Complex human-

machine interaction

gespag

Activity field 5.3Maintenance

EADS, Alstom

Activity field 5.4Emergency

Thales

wearIT@workManagement

TZI/InfoConsult/BIA

Activity line 3European WearableComputing Platform

Zeiss

Activity line 4European Wearable

Computing Framework

HP

Activity line 5Industrial pilots

Unity

Activity field 4.1Integrated information

services

Microsoft

Activity field 2.3Mobile content and

authoring

Giunti

ScientificAdvisory

Board

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wearIT@work : Strategic Impact

• Wearable Computing is a fast growing market – there are several 10 millions potential professional users world-wide

• The idea of Wearable Computing applications for professionals is already accepted by the industry – For more efficient work processes – but extensive practical experience is missing

– There is a a strong need for such an innovation in the industry – however, currently technological barriers are hindering a broad application of wearable computing

– A standardized universal Wearable Platform with real-world devices and applications and an integrating software framework is missing

• With this Integrated Project Europe will:– Provide the necessary advanced tools for the “European Competent Knowledge

Worker of the Future”

– Become the market leader and main supplier of tangible and practical applications for wearable computer supported work and provide a basis for future consumer applications

– Gain competitive advantages for the production industry, service intensive domains, mobile service providers, and also for device manufactures and system integrators