Research Committee

Chairs

Christine Perey
PEREY Research & Consulting

Samuel Neblett
Boeing

Recent Publications

Charter

The Research Committee goal is to conduct an advocacy research program to continually advance AR technologies to the benefit of the AREA members and the wider AR ecosystem. The committee’s management of AREA-driven research projects, includes:

Monitoring and sharing developments in the enterprise AR research community with members,
Managing AREA-driven research projects focusing on topics the AREA members consider highest in priority, and
Gathering and amplifying AREA member concerns and requirements to relevant research communities.

Current Activities

AREA Research Webinar Series
The Research Committee seeks to ensure that AREA members and the enterprise AR community are aware of and understand the relevance of the latest developments in research that could impact their projects now or in the future. Our webinars are usually based on a peer-reviewed publication that can be a starting point for partnerships with academia or internal development projects. Recent webinars presented by the Research Committee include:
- XaiR: An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
- Splat, Track & Map 3D Gaussians for Dense RGB-D SLAM
- Please check the AREA events page for schedule of future Research Committee webinars. To propose a new webinar as part of new series please contact Christine Perey.
Enterprise AR Interoperability Requirements Project
Before enterprise AR interoperability standards can be evaluated for their fit, or developed to align with enterprise needs, the requirements must be clearly described. To contribute to this project, please contact Christine Perey.
The 14th AREA-directed Research Project
This project focuses on identification of Barriers to and Drivers of adoption of Low-code/No-code Authoring Solutions in Enterprise and the development of a methodology to follow and assets for members to use if they want to benchmark Low-code/No-code systems in their environments. The project was awarded to Avrio Analytics. There will be regular updates during Research Committee meetings. When the final deliverables are ready, they will be shared with all members and there will be a members-exclusive webinar scheduled.
The 15th AREA-directed Research Project
The topic of the project is Comparison of Visual Positioning Systems and Spatial Anchors. It identifies commercial and open source Visual Positioning Services that create an index of visual features in a space, and studies, compares, and contrasts several platforms for indoor enterprise AR use cases. The project was awarded to Ethar and kicked off on January 9, 2025. There will be regular updates during Research Committee meetings. When the final deliverables are ready, they will be shared with all members and there will be a members-exclusive webinar scheduled.
2024 Junior Faculty Research Award
The AREA sponsored part of the Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Award Program, which was matched by the winning universities. The winner was Dr. Alycen Wiacek, Oakland University. Here project was completed and featured in a podcast episode. Applications are being accepted for the 2025 award.
The FindAR Search Engine (update to the 8th AREA-directed Research Project)
FindAR dataset is up to date and can be found here. There is a need for more people to test before we start to promote wider. The Research Agenda 2nd Edition project is on hold until the completion of the FindAR project updates.
2025 Research Committee Deliverables
During the January Research Committee meeting, members approved the 2025 deliverables. These will be updated from time to time as project priorities change. Members who wish to consult the deliverables spreadsheet are invited to contact Christine Perey.

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