Potential and Limits of Augmented Reality in Engineering Education and Industry 4.0

As a young class of socio‐technical systems, Augmented Reality (AR), which enriches the real world with virtual information, is becoming increasingly important. It offers a variety of possibilities in the areas of education and training. Here, interactive and immersive learning experiences increase motivation and learning success. AR also enables the specific support of workers in the production environment. When dealing with complex tasks, AR applications help workers to increase efficiency and quality. Based on the developments of the BMBF collaborative project KORESIL, this paper contains an overview of the current application scenarios of AR in teaching and industry. The outlook provides an analysis of this technology's potential and identifies current challenges in hard‐ and software. Mixed reality and especially augmented reality enrich the real world with supporting information and offer great potential for digital transformation in various areas of life, including industry and education in particular. Novel technical solutions are discussed for different application scenarios and their potential in educational and industrial environments is evaluated.