Mining is a complex pursuit. Stakeholders must manage many interconnected processes to ensure a sustainable operation. Mixed Reality (MR) simulation may present an opportunity to improve knowledge and understanding of mine operations via a digital twin. Personnel can model and make predictions using past, current and future data sets. However, MR is still uncommon in the mining industry. This paper asks why that is the case, what barriers may hinder MR adoption, and presents a possible collaborative solution to make MR sustainable as the technology gains hold and becomes commonplace in mine operations and elsewhere.
CITATION: Stothard, P, Squelch, A, Stone, R and Van Wyk, E, 2019. Identifying barriers and pathways to sustainable mixed reality simulation for the mining industry, in Proceedings Future Mining 2019, pp 7782 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).