Abstract: Disclosed is an augmented-reality system for monitoring and reducing distraction of an operator conducting physical operations in an industrial work environment. The disclosed an augmented-reality system includes: a head-mounted display for displaying virtual graphical objects (VGOs) superimposed onto a field of view of the operator; one or more sensors for transducing one or more biological behaviour-associated signals including an eye tracker for tracking the operator's gaze; and a data processor. The data processor is configured by code executing therein to determine a distraction status of the operator as a consequence of collected 3-dimensional eye-tracking gaze data not matching the received 3-dimensional eye-tracking gaze data, and, if the distraction status of the operator is determined as distracted, the data processor superimposes on the head-mounted display a VGO onto the field of view of the operator for redirecting the operator's gaze.

Abstract: A system assists a worker in performing manufacturing tasks involving one or more objects. The system comprises an augmented-reality display system, a task-state sensing system that determines a state of a manufacturing task, a physiological-state-sensing system that detects a physiological state of the worker, and an electronic processing system. The electronic processing system determines a guidance setting for the worker from their detected physiological state and determines assistance information to display to the worker based on the state of the manufacturing task and the determined guidance setting for the worker. The augmented-reality display system displays the determined assistance information to the worker in a controlled spatial relationship to the object(s).