Diseño de entornos virtuales utilizando realidad aumentada para simulación de procesos industriales de llenado de garrafones de agua.

Abstract

In this research, a virtual environment was designed using augmented reality to simulation of industrial processes of water jug filling. Information was collected of research about developers of virtual augmented reality interfaces, based on industrial processes that use virtualization techniques and tools as well as augmented reality. The technological proposal is based on an application for mobile devices with Android operating system, which generates a display of information about the operation, elements, process and specific characteristics of the filling station, allowing the user to interact through the graphical interface where the filling process can be manually and automatically controlled by means of the control panels which contains pushbuttons for each state. The programming was carried out in Unity which is used for the development of virtual augmented reality interfaces, additionally the Vuforia platform was used, where a database is created with the target images that work as augmented reality triggers, which allow visualizing industrial processes in 3D in real time. Due to the current situation of the pandemic, access the laboratories is banned, with this application it is aimed that students, teachers or users to learn about the industrial process of water jugs filling virtually. It is concluded that the use of this technology will allow students to have a tool to help their learning about the industrial processes, the use of this application is 100% compatible with the different versions Android from 5.0 to the current version, the size of the station display in augmented reality is proportionally related to the size of the target that the user uses. It is recommended to conduct the necessary research and testing to use this system with other industrial processes or with different branches of science.