Interactive core description assistant using virtual reality

An augmented reality (AR) device for generating a core description, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and storing instruction, the instructions, when executed by the processor, comprising functionality for:
• detecting, when the AR device is worn by a user, content of an identifying tag of a rock core within a device view of the AR device, wherein the content identifies a well where the rock core is obtained;
• retrieving, from a data repository, historical well log data acquired using a logging tool of the well, wherein the historical well log data is not acquired from the rock core;
• activating a sensor to acquire additional data from the rock core to supplement the historical data;
• and
• presenting, for viewing by the user, an AR image comprising a first image of the historical well log data not acquired from the rock core and the additional data acquired from the rock core that are superimposed over a second image of the rock core,
• wherein the user generates the core description based on viewing the AR image, and
• wherein a field operation of the well is performed based at least on the core description.

A system for generating a core description, comprising:

• a data repository comprising historical well log data of a plurality of wells in a well environment;
• a plurality of rock cores obtained from the plurality of wells;
• and
• an augmented reality (AR) device comprising functionality for:
• detecting, when the AR device is worn by a user, content of an identifying tag of a rock core within a device view of the AR device, wherein the content identifies a well where the rock core is obtained;
• retrieving, from the data repository, the historical well log data acquired using a logging tool of the well, wherein the historical well log data is not acquired from the rock core;
• activating a sensor to acquire additional data from the rock core to supplement the historical data;
• and
• presenting, for viewing by the user, an AR image comprising a first image of the historical well log data not acquired from the rock core and the additional data acquired from the rock core that are superimposed over a second image of the rock core,
• wherein the user generates the core description based on viewing the AR image, and
• wherein a field operation of the well is performed based at least on the core description.