An augmented reality-based automation system

A method for controlling an automation system for controlling an automated production process of an industrial plant, the automation system comprising an augmented reality system including augmented reality glasses and executable program logic coupled to the augmented reality glasses, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the executable program logic, an up-to-date spatial position of a user wearing the augmented reality glasses from a positioning system,
• dynamically determining, by the executable program logic, coordinates of a bounding space proximate to the user wearing the AR-glasses,
• displaying, by the executable program logic, one or more virtual objects to the wearer of the AR glasses via the AR glasses if and only if coordinates of the virtual objects are within the bounding space, wherein the displayed virtual objects comprise data associated with monitoring and/or controlling the automated production process;
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• continuously updating, by the executable program logic, the coordinates of the bounding space and the virtual objects displayed therein as a function of the up-to-date spatial position of the user wearing the AR glasses.