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A visualization of a plant in the Elbe Dom at the Fraunhofer IFF VDTC in Magdeburg.
Photo: Dirk Mahler / Fraunhofer IFF
Photo: Dirk Mahler / Fraunhofer IFF
A combination of VR models and flow simulations are employed to represent and optimize material flows in a plant.
Photo: Fraunhofer IFF
Photo: Fraunhofer IFF
ViERforES Virtual and Augmented Reality for Maximum Embedded System Safety, Security and Reliability
Virtual Technologies for Safety, Security and Reliability
Computer technology plays a dominant role in everyday life. Embedded systems are increasingly controlling and monitoring equipment used every day without a second thought. In Germany, the proportion of products that contain embedded systems makes up approximately 80% of the total value added. To compete internationally, German companies in this sector are increasingly banking on virtual technologies to meet their needs to cut time and resources and shorten development and testing times as demands for product functionality and customization continue growing.
As the complexity of systems increases so do the demands for safety, security, availability and reliability. In the project ViERforES, researchers from Magdeburg specialized in virtual and augmented reality and from Kaiserslautern specialized in embedded systems are jointly working on concepts intended to help enterprises optimize their products in this respect. Properties that normally remain invisible will take on form in virtual environments and visualize the performance of software in machinery and equipment with the goal of making DVD recorders, cars or entire power plants function more safely, securely and reliably.
Visualization of Properties
Many systems' safety, security, availability and reliability are controlled by their software. Virtual technologies with different attributes are interconnected to provide these properties during product design, testing and operation. Established representations of real products based on virtual 3-D models are being connected with novel, easily learnable and/or intuitively comprehensible visualizations of properties without a physical counterpart, e.g. safety and security.
Humans' pronounced sense of sight allows them to quickly take in complex information, identify what is relevant at a glance and disregard what is irrelevant. Given humans' ability to do this, it seemed expedient to employ human sight for the analysis of important data. Representing such abstract information as safety, security and reliability with virtual technologies so that they are clearly perceptible will be essential.
Embedded systems are virtually never stand-alone systems. Rather, they communicate on various levels with mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic or IT systems. They greatly influence the properties of safety, security, reliability and availability and are a crucial competitive factor for the automotive, pharmaceutical, utilities, manufacturing and material handling sectors.
Download the informational brochure on ViERforES issued by the BMBF (in German only, PDF, 270KB)
Computer technology plays a dominant role in everyday life. Embedded systems are increasingly controlling and monitoring equipment used every day without a second thought. In Germany, the proportion of products that contain embedded systems makes up approximately 80% of the total value added. To compete internationally, German companies in this sector are increasingly banking on virtual technologies to meet their needs to cut time and resources and shorten development and testing times as demands for product functionality and customization continue growing.
As the complexity of systems increases so do the demands for safety, security, availability and reliability. In the project ViERforES, researchers from Magdeburg specialized in virtual and augmented reality and from Kaiserslautern specialized in embedded systems are jointly working on concepts intended to help enterprises optimize their products in this respect. Properties that normally remain invisible will take on form in virtual environments and visualize the performance of software in machinery and equipment with the goal of making DVD recorders, cars or entire power plants function more safely, securely and reliably.
Visualization of Properties
Many systems' safety, security, availability and reliability are controlled by their software. Virtual technologies with different attributes are interconnected to provide these properties during product design, testing and operation. Established representations of real products based on virtual 3-D models are being connected with novel, easily learnable and/or intuitively comprehensible visualizations of properties without a physical counterpart, e.g. safety and security.
Humans' pronounced sense of sight allows them to quickly take in complex information, identify what is relevant at a glance and disregard what is irrelevant. Given humans' ability to do this, it seemed expedient to employ human sight for the analysis of important data. Representing such abstract information as safety, security and reliability with virtual technologies so that they are clearly perceptible will be essential.
Embedded systems are virtually never stand-alone systems. Rather, they communicate on various levels with mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic or IT systems. They greatly influence the properties of safety, security, reliability and availability and are a crucial competitive factor for the automotive, pharmaceutical, utilities, manufacturing and material handling sectors.
Download the informational brochure on ViERforES issued by the BMBF (in German only, PDF, 270KB)
For detailed information on ViERforES, visit: www.vierfores.de.
Contact:
Prof. Michael Schenk
Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Sandtorstrasse 22
39106 Magdeburg
Phone: +49 391 4090-471
Fax: +49 391 4090-473