Android app (Java) for the RealWear HMT-1 assisted reality headset, built for RELAR, an Erasmus+ research project on resilient remote maritime vocational training and examination during COVID-19.
Students wearing the headset scan a QR code pointing to a Google Sheet that instructors edit; the app reads the sheet and turns each row into a step on the device: join a Zoom session, open a downloaded document, follow a video link. Lists are cached on the device for offline reuse.
The HMT-1 had little public developer documentation and vendor support required a paid license, so device integration (file handling, the Zoom hand-off) was worked out from scarce public examples and reverse engineering. The app was functional and used with students in the project's real-class evaluation. It is a research prototype, kept as-is.
Assisted Reality as an enabler for resilient remote learning during COVID-19. IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st IAMOT Joint Conference, 2022. doi:10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033237
The original project site (relar.eu) is no longer online; an archived reconstruction is at relar.netlify.app.