Portable augmented reality

A method for displaying an augmented reality presentation of repairs to a composite component, the method comprising:

• recording at a first time a first set of images comprising data of a first number of layers of a composite component, the composite component comprising a plurality of layers;
• recording at a second time a second set of images comprising data of a second number of layers of the composite component, the first set of images and the second set of images including repairs to the plurality of layers of the composite component;
• capturing physical data for a surface of the composite component using a number of portable devices;
• generating a number of digital definitions in a metrology process in the processor unit using the physical data, the number of digital definitions including one or more derived geometries of sufficient quality for alignment with a digital definition of the composite component;
• retrieving information related to the composite component including the plurality of layers of composite material;
• displaying in the number of portable devices the multi-dimensional representation comprising physical data for an image of the surface of the composite component and digital data for a number of overlays of the composite layer beyond the surface of the composite component, the number of overlays corresponding to the first set of images and the second set of images;
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• selecting a time and a set of images for break out display from the number of overlays.

A method for displaying an augmented reality presentation of a composite component, the method comprising:

• capturing physical data for a composite component using a number of portable devices;
• transmitting the physical data captured by the number of portable devices to a processor unit remote from the number of portable devices for alignment;
• generating a number of digital definitions in a metrology process in the processor unit using the physical data, the number of digital definitions including one or more derived geometries of sufficient quality for alignment with a digital definition of the object;
• retrieving information related to the composite component including a number of layers of composite material;
• selecting at least one composite layer for display;
• generating in the processor unit a multi-dimensional representation of a combined augmented reality of the composite component including information of the at least one composite layer;
• transmitting the multi-dimensional representation to the number of portable devices;
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• displaying in the number of portable devices the multi-dimensional representation comprising physical data for an image of a surface of the composite component and digital data for a first overlay of the at least one composite layer beyond the surface of the composite component.