Synchronous remote collaboration
People in different places work together at the same time in a shared XR space.
Dr.-Ing. · XR researcher · Founder of AI-lity
Exploring what’s next.
Building what works.
AI · XR · Digital Twins · Collaborative Technologies
I research and build mixed-reality systems that capture practical expertise where the work happens – so others can learn it right there, too.
Research
From research
to practice.
SKI²LL-AI (SKILL-AI) grew out of my doctoral research at KIT: how can an expert’s way of working be recorded in mixed reality and passed on – independent of time and place?
An expert wears a wireless mixed-reality headset, presses record and works as usual. Later, a colleague sees a virtual instructor of the expert in exactly the same place – showing and explaining each step. No programming, no 3D modelling, no editing.
Three steps, one question: how do people collaborate in XR?
Asynchronous collaboration
Experts record their work in mixed reality; colleagues replay it later, on site, on the real machine.
Origin of SKI²LL-AIAsymmetric remote collaboration
Collaborators use different devices and roles – for example one in XR on site, one remote on a screen.
In a controlled study with 43 participants commissioning a robot cell, people guided by spatial mixed-reality instructions reached 92 % task accuracy – compared with 75 % using smartphone video. IEEE VR 2026 paper
- Spatial Guidance in Asynchronous Collaboration: The Impact of Embodied Mixed Reality Instructions on Task AccuracyDOI
- Asynchronous Collaboration in Physical Engineering Environments using Immersive TechnologiesDOI
- Digital Twins, Extended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Reconfiguration: A Systematic Literature ReviewDOI
About
Hi, I’m Anjela Mayer.
I studied computer science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and earned my doctorate in mechanical engineering at KIT’s Institute for Information Management in Engineering. I have been fascinated by immersive technologies for ten years – always asking how they can make working and collaborating easier.
Technology should strengthen people, not replace them.
That is why I founded AI-lity: to bring SKI²LL-AI and the research behind it into companies.
Immersive Creators
With Inés Miguel-Alonso (University of Burgos) and Kevin Kastner (TH Mannheim) we research immersive learning and collaboration – and built SKI²LL-AI together.
Immersive Creators on YouTubeIEEE Education Society
I serve as Secretary of the IEEE Education Society Germany Chapter, connecting educators, researchers and practitioners to advance engineering education across Germany.
IEEE Germany ChapterContact
Let’s talk.
Speaking invitations, research collaborations, pilot projects or press enquiries – I look forward to hearing from you.
anjela.mayer@ai-lity.ai