Tag: Reality
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Autodesk to Acquire The Wild, the Extended Reality AEC Solutions Provider
Autodesk has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Wild, a cloud-connected, extended reality (XR) platform, which includes its namesake solutions, The Wild, and IrisVR. The Wild enables AEC professionals to present, collaborate and review projects together in immersive and interactive experiences, from anywhere and at any time. IrisVR, part of the Wild, empowers teams to host more…
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3D Reality Capture for Built Asset Lifecycle Management
Reality capture means the process to catch, compute, create, and save a digital 3D model to represent an object from the real world. This article introduces the technologies of photography, videos, laser scanning, and drones and explains how they can help with construction projects. “Industry 4.0 for the Built Environment” is a key topic in…
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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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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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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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Varjo Reality Cloud for Virtual Teleportation Unveiled
I have featured Varjo™, the “human-eye resolution VR”, previously on AEC Business. Today, the company announced a pioneering teleportation capability with Varjo Reality Cloud. Anybody with the Varjo XR-3 headset can 3D scan their surroundings and transport another person to that same exact physical reality. “What we’re building with our vision for the Varjo Reality…
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Construction AR Start-Up XYZ Reality Secures £20M Series A Funding
XYZ Reality today announced a £20m investment round led by Octopus Ventures. Founded in 2017, XYZ Reality develops HoloSite, an Augmented Reality (AR) solution for construction sites. The company is on a mission to eliminate 2D in its entirety. I’ve seen a live demo of HoloSite. Using its safety certified AR hardhat, it places accurately a real-time,…
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XYZ Reality and UCL to Help Transform Hospital Construction
London-based construction technology start-up XYZ Reality and UCL have received a government grant to develop XYZ Reality’s augmented reality solution into the construction of UK hospitals. The grant has been awarded by UKRI through an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). Founded in 2017, XYZ Reality developed Engineering-Grade Augmented Reality to tackle some of the…
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Leica Geosystems’ 3D Reality Capture Solution for Boston Dynamics Spot Robot
Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, a leader in 3D scanning technology today announced a reality capture solution for a variety of industries. By combining Boston Dynamics agile mobile robot Spot with the industry-proven Leica RTC360 3D laser scanner, scanning time spent by human operators is significantly reduced by programming the devices to repeat automated scanning paths through…