TechViz - Blog - AR / VR for engineering

How AR/VR helps Tooling and Machinery harness Smart Factories potential

Posted by Thomas Serrurier on Mar 29, 2021 3:47:14 PM

For machine tool manufacturers, Virtual Reality offers many important opportunities. Indeed, an increasing number of their customers have embraced the Smart Factory concept, in other words the use of advanced CAD systems as well as data-driven manufacturing. With this, the core of the tooling industry has shifted from simple machining technology to more sophisticated and advanced horizontal / vertical machining centers, Computer Numerical Control and multitasking part processing, making it an increasingly complex environment that Virtual Reality can help navigate.

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Topics: Vr design review, Manufacturing Industry, AR/VR collaboration

VR in engineering: nearly everything you need to know

Posted by Sandrine Lasserre on Nov 25, 2020 1:35:08 PM
Updated on january 12, 2023
 
Virtual Reality has become a common fixture in today’s society: whether it is for entertainment or for business, for technological reasons or safety requirements. 

VR is everywhere with a broad variety of industrial application, and the potential to revolutionize many others. The potential of virtual reality technology is endless and drives digital transformation

VR is an innovation that’s been around since the 90’s and - even though companies are more and more preoccupied by digital trust - VR is now widely used in the professional area. It is transforming today, and gives everyone with an engineering background the possibility to shape tomorrow. Thanks to virtual reality, engineers and developers can predict and solve issues before they happen.

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Topics: vr headsets, finger tracking, Workstation ergonomics, Virtual manikin, body tracking, VR engineering, Vr design review, VR maintenance, cockpit ergonomics, 3D data visualization, Specialized training, AR/VR collaboration, hand tracking, virtual assembly, Immersive room / CAVE, Powerwall

[ProXR2025] the future of VR for professional use

Posted by Alexis Vartanian on Sep 22, 2020 4:32:21 PM

A few years ago, there was a lot of hype around Virtual Reality. 2016 was supposed to be the big breakthrough year, then 2017, then 2018… There were talk about VR being the next entertainment/work platform, just like Radio, TV, Computers, Phone were. But it never actually materialized. Hyperbolic growth numbers did not happen as promised. Many VR companies have come and gone and a lot of projects, including from Silicon Valley big names, have been scaled down. Companies promising massive customer deployment have pivoted into niche professional use cases.

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Topics: Cloud VR, 3D data visualization, AR/VR collaboration, VR hardware

How BIM and VR in Construction are Boosting the Industry

Posted by Sandrine Lasserre on May 11, 2020 1:35:20 PM

[Updated on May 18, 2022]

When talking about the digital transformation of the construction industry, 2 technologies come to mind and are being used by professionals of the AEC sector (Architects, Engineers, Construction): Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Virtual reality (VR). As they offer the chance to experience the project while still in the design phase, BIM and VR have proven to be an efficient investment. They've already been making a fundamental change in the way the construction industry plans, designs, develops and manages a construction project. Also, they enable all the people collaborating around a project to have the same level of information, while making the process more reliable, productive and cost-effective.

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Topics: Vr design review, Manufacturing Industry, Architecture & Construction, AR/VR collaboration

4 cases where a virtual assembly line helps manufacturing [Use Cases]

Posted by Sandrine Lasserre on Mar 4, 2020 11:55:36 AM

It has become quite common for industries to rely on 3D models to design their products. Things get more complicated when it comes to process-design. VR takes manufacturing a step further, making it possible to visualize or simulate assembly process, maintenance scenario or quality control. Virtual reality offers many benefits for manufacturing.

Let’s see how VR can be a game-changer for manufacturing plants, through 4 real-life situations in which Virtual Reality has helped engineers optimize the design of a virtual assembly line

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Topics: 3D data visualization, Manufacturing Industry, AR/VR collaboration, virtual assembly

Virtual Reality in Shipbuilding: a Deep Transformation of the Industry

Posted by Maïssoun Haouas on Jan 27, 2020 4:00:48 PM

[Updated on April 9, 2022]

A report from Futuresource Consulting announced that the future of VR is bright, with massive investment in the upcoming years. Investments in the shipbuilding industry are not to be outdone, with a predicted $30 billion investment in its digital transformation in the next 30 years. Of course, Virtual Reality is already playing a great part in the digitization of the shipbuilding industry, transforming radically engineering heavy processes into way lighter, friendlier and more profitable ones. Let’s take a look at the ROI of VR and see how VR is changing the game in the processes of the shipbuilding industry.

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Topics: Workstation ergonomics, VR software, Vr design review, VR maintenance, Shipbuilding industry, AR/VR collaboration