Augmented reality in support of Industry 4.0-implementation challenges and success factors

Tariq Masood*, Johannes Egger

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Abstract

Industrial augmented reality (AR) is an integral part of Industry 4.0 concepts, as it enables workers to access digital information and overlay that information with the physical world. While not being broadly adopted in some applications, the compound annual growth rate of the industrial AR market is projected to grow rapidly. Hence, it is important to understand the issues arising from implementation of AR in industry. This study identifies critical success factors and challenges for industrial AR implementation projects, based on an industry survey. The broadly used technology, organisation, environment (TOE) framework is used as a theoretical basis for the quantitative part of the questionnaire. A complementary qualitative part is used to underpin and extend the findings. It is found that, while technological aspects are of importance, organisational issues are more relevant for industry, which has not been reflected to the same extent in literature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-195
Number of pages15
JournalRobotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Volume58
Early online date11 Mar 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2019

Funding

This research was supported and partially funded by the University of Cambridge . The authors are most grateful to the participants of the industrial survey, reviewers and colleagues for their constructive and helpful comments.

Keywords

  • augmented reality
  • challenges
  • critical success factors
  • cyber-physical systems
  • environment
  • industrial digitalisation
  • Industry 4.0
  • internet of things
  • IoT
  • manufacturing
  • organisation
  • smart factory
  • survey
  • technology
  • TOE
  • visualisation

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  • 2024 RCIM Best Paper Award

    Masood, T. (Recipient) & Egger, J. (Recipient), 27 Mar 2025

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