Bräker, J., Hertel, J., Osterbrink, A., Briede, M., Baldauf, U., Wiesche, M., Steinicke, F., Semmann, M. 2021. „Augmenting Safety-Critical Processes – Requirements and Technologies for Soil Sounding in the Port of Hamburg“, 27th ITS World Congress, Hamburg, Germany.

For the process of hydrographic surveying, the skipper of the survey vessel needs a variety of real-time navigational and hydrographic information to navigate the vessel safely and precisely. The survey data is typically displayed on several monitors on board. As part of a research project, we are exploring the potential of augmented reality – a technology that can extend reality by overlaying it with computergenerated visualizations – to assist the skipper in hydrographic surveys. We report an overview of the technology itself, our proof of concept and several challenges we focus on to create a usable and valuable prototype system.