Non-Destructive Inspection Training Modules for HoloLens
A collection of three separate training modules I built for the HoloLens. This was developed for a USAF contractor for the USAF Non-Destructive Inspection Schoolhouse. I did all of the design and programming, and I built all of the effects with Unity’s VFX Graph.
This was initially commissioned by the teachers at the schoolhouse because their cadets often had a very difficult time understanding how the NDI process worked, since all of the forces involved are invisible. With this training system, the students are now able to see in detail what’s happening inside the part they’re inspecting.
I spoke with them after they’d had over a year to use the system, and they said they’d had amazing results with their students, and that high ranking officers regularly visited their base to try the system for themselves.
Details
Eddy Current Inspection
A module simulating Eddy current testing. It includes an automatic demonstration mode that automatically steps through the process while explaining what’s happening.
It also has an interactive mode that allows the user to move the two types of probes and see the results both on the virtual screen in addition to seeing how the invisible currents are affected.
Ultrasonic Inspection
This module is an interactive simulation of Ultrasonic testing.
The user can move two different styles of ultrasonic probe to see the processes that are normally invisible. Like the Eddy Current module, it also has an automatic demonstration mode.
Users can optionally hide the ultrasonic wave effects or defects to see how flaws would be detected in an actual inspection.
Magnetic Particle Inspection
A module for demonstrating the invisible forces involved in the Magnetic Particle Inspection process.
Because of the nature of the real process, there wasn’t much opportunity for interactivity with this one, so the request for this one involved a step-by-step explanation of the process, along with depicting the path of invisible magnetic particles in two different directions, as well as a short animation demonstrating the earth’s magnetic field.
