An End-to-End Augmented Reality Solution to Support Aquaculture Farmers with Data Collection, Storage, and Analysis

Abstract

Augmented reality (AR) is being rapidly adopted by industries, such as logistics, manufacturing and military. However, one of the extremely under-explored yet significant areas is the primary production industry, and as a major source of food and nutrition, seafood production has always been a priority for many countries. Aquaculture farming is a highly dynamic, unpredictable and labour-intensive process. In this paper, we discuss the challenges in aquaculture farm operation based on our field studies with leading Australian fisheries. We also propose an ”AR + Cloud” system design to tackle the delayed in-situ water quality data collection and query, as well as aquaculture pond stress monitoring and analysis.