Smart Infrastructure Using Augmented Reality

Smart Infrastructure Using Augmented Reality

Date: March 20, 2019

Location: Washington, DC

Presented by INTUS Smartcities’ CEO Dimitris Agouridis

On march 20th 2019, INTUS Smartcities’ CEO Dimitris Agouridis co-sponsored and presented at the Smart Infrastructure Using Augmented Reality event in Washington DC. The event showcased a successful business model using augmented reality for implementing smart infrastructure. The event helped bring Augmented Reality technologies to the forefront of all future infrastructure development in the United States.

Mr. Agouridis presented on the practical applications of Augmented Reality for the utility industry. Throughout his presentation, Mr. Agouridis discussed how augmented reality can play a role in the following areas:-designing and sub-surface utility engineering:

-Route validation, final design and permit utility
-Construction safety, as-built, redlining and new infrastructure mapping
-Asset mangement and maintenance
-Emergency response

Each one of the areas mentioned are not independent from one-another, they can work together in unison. Mr. Agouridis expressed that Augmented Reality is not a one-off solution, it can help be an entire solution to many infrastructure issues that plague the world.

Mr. William Tewelow, who is the Chairman and Founder of Smart Cities Group LLC and the organizer of the Washington Event, has written extensively on this subject. In his write-up, Mr. Tewelow discusses how Geospatial data and AR can be “draped in front of us in a tapestry based upon our individual needs and interests.” He illustrates how AR is already a part of our daily lives and how it will continue to benefit us into the future.

INTUS Smartcity is always coming up with new ways to integrate Archway into utility and infrastructure processes.

“Archway” (Patent Pending) is a cutting-edge system that allows users the ability to dynamically view each element of a structure using augmented reality. This technology has applications in building construction, building maintenance, as well as emergency response. It functions with two cases of structures: existing and new structure construction.

Augmented reality (AR) can dramatically change the way building construction, maintenance, and repairs are carried out, and emergency response is dramatically improved through infrastructure management. By mapping out what is behind each wall in a building, data can be integrated into applications for a number of uses.