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Assembly Design and Evaluation in an Augmented Reality Environment 1 1 2 1 1 Y. Pang , A.Y.C. Nee , Kamal Youcef-Toumi , S.K. Ong , M.L. Yuan 1 National University of Singapore, 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract — The technologies and methodologies of graphics, motion tracking technology, and sensory assembly design and evaluation in the early design stage feedback. VR attempts to replace the user’s perception are highly significant to product development. This paper of the surrounding world with an artificially generated looks at a promising technology to mix real components 3D environment. By adopting VR techniques, the (e.g. physical prototypes, assembly tools, machines, etc.) duration and cost of prototyping are reduced greatly with virtual components to create an Augmented Reality and the modification of the design can be performed in (AR) interface for assembly process evaluation. The goal a very fast, economic and efficient manner. However, a of this paper is to clarify the methodologies and enabling technologies of how to establish an AR assembly shortcoming of VR as a medium for assembly simulation and evaluation environment. The architecture evaluation is the limited “realism” experience while of an AR assembly system is proposed and the important manipulating virtual objects due