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Bosch Augmented Reality applications now also work with the new Microsoft HoloLens 2

Microsoft HoloLens Bosch

Bosch AR solutions ease and accelerate several working processes

  • Bosch’s Common Augmented Reality Platform (CAP) is now also available for the new Microsoft HoloLens 2
  • Bosch CAP allows quick and easy creation of digital contents
  • Microsoft HoloLens 2 is a self-contained holographic computer that enables hands-free, heads-up interaction with 3-dimensional digital objects
  • Using Bosch AR applications for repair tasks allows time savings of 15 percent in average

Peter De Troch >

Karlsruhe – Whether logistics, trainings or support for rescue forces, Bosch Augmented Reality applications have eased and optimized several working processes in different areas throughout the last years. AR can be used for numerous applications. By means of the Common Augmented Reality Platform (CAP) developed by Bosch, the merger of both real and digital worlds can easily be adapted to new fields of application. CAP is also available for the new Microsoft HoloLens 2 presented in the run-up to the Mobile World Congress trade fair in Barcelona. Due to its great experience concerning AR applications, Bosch will be one of the first companies worldwide to use and test the new HoloLens 2 as part of a strategic cooperation. “With the new HoloLens 2, we are able to expand the potentials of our Augmented Reality applications even better. In addition, the new HoloLens 2 also provides the technical basis for the development of pioneering AR applications previously only realizable to a limited extent”, Jürgen Lumera, Bosch Augmented Reality product manager, said.

AR applications are already used to train workshops regarding sophisticated repair tasks on vehicles, for example. There is, for instance, a special AR training on how to readjust the sensors of driver assistance systems – e.g. after replacing the windshield. In this regard, it is of major importance to keep an eye on the whole vehicle. The new HoloLens 2 provides a much bigger field of view than former products. This allows displaying more details and watching larger objects from closer. And the manufacturer also increased the wearing comfort of the HoloLens 2 significantly.

Significant time savings thank to Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality applications complement the real image superimposing useful and time-saving additional information. In case the wearer of AR glasses looks onto a vehicle or a machine featuring AR information, explanations, 3D objects or videos are added to the real image. Technical nexuses thus literally become transparent. Bosch performed a field study at the Automotive division to analyze the benefits of Augmented Reality applications. Augmented Reality allows time savings of 15 percent in average per step taken – even on common vehicles and in case of less sophisticated repair tasks.

In order to create efficient Augmented Reality applications, Bosch created the Common Augmented Reality Platform (CAP) allowing the fast and easy integration of digital and visual contents. Fed with stored contents, the platform compiles the required data for each specific Augmented Reality application. Combining powerful CAP applications with the new HoloLens 2, the realization of AR scenarios previously considered highly visionary is now within reach. In future, AR glasses might, for instance, substitute user interface displays and keyboards on machines and systems or revolutionize repair processes at workshops.

About Bosch

Bosch has been present in the Netherlands since 1903. The Bosch Group employs approximately 3,000 associates in the Netherlands. Major manufacturing facilities are located in Tilburg, Boxtel & Deventer.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which roughly 48,000 are software engineers.

The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.

Additional information is available online at www.bosch-press.nl, www.bosch.nl, www.bosch.com, www.iot.bosch.com, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube: Bosch the Netherlands.

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