Training Future Welders with Augmented Reality

Use of augmented reality is being used more and more in training programs across a variety of industries. With any newer technology, there is often a lack of familiarity to overcome, and augmented reality is no exception.

Augmented reality fuses a computer-generated image with the real world, allowing you to stay grounded in your environment, while adding digital elements that the user can interact with in real time. In welding training programs, using a blended teaching model that encompasses augmented reality and live arc welding together has proven to increase student engagement, shorten the learning curve and minimize expensive consumable costs.

Miller® Augmented Reality Welding Training Solutions are not meant to replace traditional welding – they’re a supplemental training tool that provide immediate, objective feedback to accelerate learning so students can build solid technique from the start. Welding instructors using the Miller® AugmentedArc® Augmented Reality Welding System find their students to be far more productive once they get into the shop due to the muscle memory already established in the classroom.

Miller® also offers MobileArc™ Augmented Reality Welding System, an affordable, easy to use, welding simulation tool designed to attract, engage and introduce students to welding through a hands-on augmented reality experience.

Augmented reality helps to bridge the gap between the classroom and the lab. Give your students the best possible start with Miller® Augmented Reality Training Solutions.