Category: Extended Reality
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From BIM to Extended Reality: Six Essential Skills to Succeed
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Extended Reality (XR) can be combined to create greater efficiency if we know the workflows and implementation strategies well. “Industry 4.0 for the Built Environment” is a key topic in our sector and it is also the title of a new Springer book edited by Marzia Bolpagni, Rui Gavina, and…
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VR Lifts Trainees High
The Extended Reality edition of the AEC Business Newsletter in February 2022 topics include VR and IoT used for training mobile elevated work platform operation Varjo’s world’s first human-eye resolution VR/XR cloud streaming AEC+tech, a newly launched website and online platform Technical Skills Every AEC Marketer Needs News about extended reality for construction Read the…
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VR Lifts Trainees High
The Extended Reality edition of the AEC Business Newsletter in February 2022 topics include VR and IoT used for training mobile elevated work platform operation Varjo’s world’s first human-eye resolution VR/XR cloud streaming AEC+tech, a newly launched website and online platform Technical Skills Every AEC Marketer Needs News about extended reality for construction Read the…
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Varjo Launches World’s First Human-Eye Resolution VR/XR Cloud Streaming Capability
Varjo, the provider of professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software, has announced the addition of cloud streaming to its Varjo Reality Cloud platform, marking progress toward the company’s vision of bringing real-life collaboration into the metaverse. With Varjos’ new service, select early access users can deploy virtual and mixed reality applications and experiences entirely from the…
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Companies Providing Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality for AEC
What are AR, VR, and MR? 27 Extended Reality Companies for AEC The list contains, in alphabetical order, companies that offer virtual, augmented, or mixed reality products to the AEC industry. Please, suggest additions and edits. Argyle Argyle’s augmented reality enriches your entire site with always-available holograms. Helpful, up-to-date BIM you can reference in…
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MR in Action – An Interview with Brian Toppel
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Brian Toppel talks about Mixed Reality for construction. Brian has over 30 years of experience working in the construction industry. He has worked for several of the largest general contracting companies in the United States. In 2003, Brian started Toppel Consulting, Inc providing services to owners, architects,…
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XYZ Reality to Release Its Flagship AR Product The Atom At DCW
XYZ Reality, the construction tech company behind Holosite, will unveil its new engineering-grade Augmented Reality tool, The Atom at the 2021 Digital Construction Week (DCW) in London. The Atom has been developed specifically to meet the needs of construction professionals; making construction smarter, more accurate and more efficient than ever before, the company says. The release of…
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SmarTwin and XYZ Reality Partnership Brings HoloSite AR to the USA
XYZ Reality, a pioneering UK-based construction industry augmented reality (AR) company, and SmarTwin™, a New York-based digital twin technology advisory, have announced their USA alliance. After a successful early access program, deploying their technology across projects in the UK and Europe, XYZ Reality is entering the US market and bringing their Augmented Reality solution, HoloSite, across the…
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AR/VR Reshape the Inspection, Repair, and Utilization of Heavy Equipment Assets
Librestream, RealWear, and NOV, Inc. are collaborating to change the way field service, construction, and other industries inspect, repair, and utilize heavy equipment assets. Organizations across the world are experiencing significant worker shortages, which contributes to knowledge loss, decreased productivity and lost revenue due to equipment downtime. Heavy equipment operation requires specialized knowledge and skillsets that take significant…
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The Importance of Immediacy – An Interview with Rune Huse Karlstad of Varjo Technologies
In advance of WDBE 2021, we sat down to talk with Rune Huse Karlstad, the Business Developer for AEC, Oil and Gas with Varjo Technologies. Our discussion focused on the current state of VR/AR technology, the practical role it plays in securing quality client feedback, and the importance of implementing the new in the modern…