<story><title>Augmented Reality Welding System</title><url>https://www.millerwelds.com/equipment/training-solutions/training-equipment/mobilearc-augmented-reality-welding-system-m90560</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>elil17</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d imagine this tool is meant for welding schools who want to be able to do something like:&lt;p&gt;1) Pull intro classes out of their shop to increase capacity
2) Reduce costs associated with power&amp;#x2F;gas&amp;#x2F;metal&amp;#x2F;etc.
3) Give people a taste of what welding is like without having to do safety training</text></item><item><author>binarymax</author><text>I suck at welding.  I have a tig welder, and I’m not good at it.  I’ve taken a short course, but it’s not enough.&lt;p&gt;As someone who needs more education and practice, I don’t understand how this can help.  Like, isn’t the only way to learn how to weld actually welding?  Can a simulation be good enough?  I have my doubts.&lt;p&gt;Sure this can simulate holding stuff and what would happen in some conditions.&lt;p&gt;I doubt this makes a big difference because the things that screw up welding isn’t just the motion.  It’s the prep and cleanliness of the material, the shape and cleanliness of the tungsten rod, the position of the rod in the cup, the downdraft, and all kinds of crazy details that I don’t think can be simulated and these things need to be hard won by real practice.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tekla</author><text>Only someone who hasnt welded would think this is something amyone wants.&lt;p&gt;Welding is a very &amp;quot;real world&amp;quot; activity. Cleaning things properly takes a non insigificant amount of time and you really need to get a feel for the materials.</text></comment>
<story><title>Augmented Reality Welding System</title><url>https://www.millerwelds.com/equipment/training-solutions/training-equipment/mobilearc-augmented-reality-welding-system-m90560</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>elil17</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d imagine this tool is meant for welding schools who want to be able to do something like:&lt;p&gt;1) Pull intro classes out of their shop to increase capacity
2) Reduce costs associated with power&amp;#x2F;gas&amp;#x2F;metal&amp;#x2F;etc.
3) Give people a taste of what welding is like without having to do safety training</text></item><item><author>binarymax</author><text>I suck at welding.  I have a tig welder, and I’m not good at it.  I’ve taken a short course, but it’s not enough.&lt;p&gt;As someone who needs more education and practice, I don’t understand how this can help.  Like, isn’t the only way to learn how to weld actually welding?  Can a simulation be good enough?  I have my doubts.&lt;p&gt;Sure this can simulate holding stuff and what would happen in some conditions.&lt;p&gt;I doubt this makes a big difference because the things that screw up welding isn’t just the motion.  It’s the prep and cleanliness of the material, the shape and cleanliness of the tungsten rod, the position of the rod in the cup, the downdraft, and all kinds of crazy details that I don’t think can be simulated and these things need to be hard won by real practice.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dsfyu404ed</author><text>I think that if you made people &amp;quot;get good&amp;quot; on the simulator before they touched the real thing they&amp;#x27;d get better at the real thing much faster&amp;#x2F;cheaper.</text></comment>