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improve and apply cognitive and psychomotor
skills for a given task, the market demands a mobile human computer
interface that facilitates hands-free, context-intelligent, and
personalized training/decision support services to help improve
task accuracy and efficiency.
The Context-Aware Agent-Supported
Augmented Reality System (CAARS) is an industry research
initiative between Juxtopia, LLC
and the Georgetown
University Department of Computer Science to fulfill this need
and develop state-of-the-art intelligent instructional systems using
Mobile Augmented Reality System (MARS) technology that provides
advanced training and decision support services at low costs.
The CAARS research project is investigating novel and innovative
methods of improving human performance with innovations
in:
1. Binocular, see-through, and human
ergonomic Head Mounted Display (HMD) technology.
2. Intelligent agent based software
that tailors training and decision support services to individuals
based on their physical contexts and learning needs.
Results from this pioneering research
will push the limits in human computer interfaces that lead to human
adaptable MARS technology that improve and augment human skills
in the workplace ranging from manufacturing, surgery, soldier preparedness
to construction, laboratory experimentation, and engineering. Additionally,
this technology has societal implications for personalizing and
accelerating K-12 learning outside the classroom and into informal
learning environments. Lastly, CAARS will augment entertainment
and leisure technology into interactive entertainment and tourism.
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