Extended Reality (XR): Maximize Efficiency and Minimize Costs : Traditionally design and manufacturing teams have relied on 3D product models or 2D drawings for important decision making. However, augmented, mixed, and virtual reality technologies (collectively known as Extended Reality or XR) are providing new ways of interacting with 3D product designs, leading to more efficient and cost-effective processes.
With XR users can visualize their 3D models from anywhere, this immersive environment allows them to access, analyze, and review information in a more instinctive and human way. This can be done collaboratively, with users from any location able to review their data.
Businesses using XR can show customers their designs in a more intuitive way, with fewer physical prototypes early in the process. As a result, customer feedback can be gathered throughout the design process, providing valuable feedback that leads to fewer mistakes and misunderstandings.
Additionally, XR can also provide engineers and designers with better decision-making capabilities. By allowing users to visualize models at full scale and put them into context XR paves the way for real-time decision-making. Errors, issues, and risks can be identified immediately within the XR session.
As a result, problems can be detected earlier in the process, meaning that issues that may have only been identified at product manufacture, shipping, or installation can be addressed quickly. This can lead to significant time and cost savings, as work is not wasted, and the design and manufacturing process is more efficient.
Alongside the cost savings from the early identification of issues, there are other ways XR is helping companies save time and money. Firstly, businesses can save on the material costs of producing many prototypes throughout the different stages of production, by instead visualizing their models in XR.
Even more significantly, since collaborative design sessions can be joined from anywhere, teams no longer have to travel to conduct design reviews. Travel can be costly, and organizing a time for everyone to be there can cause delays. With globally distributed teams being so common in modern engineering and manufacturing, companies using XR for collaboration experience substantial time and cost savings.
TheoremXR provides simple and efficient data optimization and preparation, making it easy to reap the benefits of XR no matter what devices you’re using. This data can be used in your own XR applications or in Theorem’s experiences, including: Collaborative Visualization, Design Reviews, Factory Layouts, and Training Guides. To learn more about XR check out our new explainer video.
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