Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Bentley Systems is a software development company that supports the professionals who create and managethe world's infrastructure, including roadways, bridges, airports, skyscrapers, industrial and power plants aswell as utility networks. The company's research group based in their Quebec City office has spent the last 10years exploring the potential of augmented reality for infrastructure design, construction and operation. Theyare particularly interested in a new device called HoloLens developed by Microsoft.The project consists of developing software algorithms for model registration in an augmented reality contextfor use with the Microsoft HoloLens. Point clouds processing algorithms will be used for the registration. TheAR technology has an enormous potential in the infrastructure engineering field. By displaying models andmetadata in their physical context, AR will save users time and lower the chance of making mistakes whentaking engineering decisions.