Key Findings from Research: Can Mixed-Reality Technology Improve Safety Communication on a Construction Project?

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Mixed-Reality technology blends virtual reality with the physical world, enabling wearers of a mixed reality headset to view the physical environment as well as notes, objects and information appended to real-world objects, and then to share their view with others via wireless networks. Applying this technology to safety communication would permit onsite and office personnel to collaborate about jobsite hazards in real-time with shared visuals. Researchers enrolled 53 construction personnel (including project managers, superintendents, and safety officers) in an experiment to evaluate the potential of mixed reality as a means of safety communication. Participants were paired, with one on the jobsite wearing a Microsoft Hololens(R) mixed-reality headset, and another in the office speaking with his colleague while sharing his view on a tablet computer. After exchanging information about jobsite hazards, participants were asked to compare the new technology with more conventional means of safety communication, such as phone calls, videoconferencing, e-mails, and traveling to the jobsite to talk face-to-face. Read full report: https://bit.ly/2Qt2Q2P. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communication Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Communication Research Construction Industry Construction Workers Hazard Communication Virtual Reality
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057577
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2018 Nov; :1
• Email:
  fei.dai@mail.wvu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe1b5c7b795762780503a43812f3c515bc60e0326182d9a6344326290845dacc3b0c48761e0246cf578203b7ba171bc4cc398ba0c67df4fbfbbd57246a4c3f50
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212944/cdc_212944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.14 KB ]