ProConAR: A Tool Support for Model-Based AR Product Configuration

Abstract

Mobile shopping apps have been using Augmented Reality (AR) in the last years to place their products in the environment of the customer. While this is possible with atomic 3D objects, there is is still a lack in the runtime configuration of 3D object compositions based on user needs and environmental constraints. For this, we previously developed an approach for model-based AR-assisted product configuration based on the concept of Dynamic Software Product Lines. In this demonstration paper, we present the corresponding tool support ProConAR in the form of a Product Modeler and a Product Configurator. While the Product Modeler is an Angular web app that splits products (e.g. table) up into atomic parts (e.g. tabletop, table legs, funnier) and saves it within a configuration model, the Product Configurator is an Android client that uses the configuration model to place different product configurations within the environment of the customer. We show technical details of our ready to use tool-chain ProConAR by describing its implementation and usage as well as pointing out future research directions.

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Model-Based Product Configuration in Augmented Reality Applications

“…While the Product Modeler is based on a web-based implementation of a feature modeler in [17], the Product Configurator is based on the Unity framework 6 . Although this section gives an overview of the implementation, our demonstration paper shows more technical details [18]. The Product Modeler 7 , see Fig.…”