Immersive Engineering Benefits that differ from Desktop CAD
Kerwin Kassulker ?
Immersive Engineering Collective Founder | Apple Vision Pro | Salesforce AI | PTC Onshape Vision | Nvidia Omniverse GDN | Humanoid Robotics
1) Full-Scale Design Review – Hands down the most valuable Immersive Engineering Experience. Having the ability to experience the look and feel of your product design at full-scale, walk around it, and interact with it just as you would in the real world, speaks for itself.???
2) Full-Scale Ergonomic Studies - Having a Full-Scale Holographic Model in front of you enables you to conduct Ergonomic Studies just as you would in the Physical World. You can determine reach and access to components within your design, and determine ease-of-maintenance, just to name a few.
3) Full-Scale Space Planning - Immersive Engineering allows you to Augment your Design into existing Physical Spaces, e.g., a work cell on a factory floor, quick visual validations, etc. Also, the ability to walk around your design to visually inspect for clearances, which might include checking for door swing clearance on equipment.
4) Hand Interactions – Having the ability to interact with 3D Holographic Models using your hands is worth its weight in gold.?Nothing is more intuitive than having the ability to pick up an object with your hands, push buttons, twist knobs, etc.
5) Rapid Engineering –?Having the ability to surround yourself with several 3D Models & Engineering drawings, as well as an Ultra-Wide display of your CAD screen, allows for Rapid Engineering. Also, a project manager could direct Engineers, Designers, and Draftsmen, during a Design Review... i.e., with all surrounding him in the meeting, and real-time updates could take place that he/she sees updated immediately at full-scale in front of them.
6) Spatial Remote Collaboration – Allows fellow engineers to join you via their "3D Spatial Personas" to review your Product Design, and even has the ability for you to hand 3D Holographic Models of Design Components back and forth to each other.
7) Physics Mixed with Reality – Virtual Product Designs can interact with the Physical Room you are in. Below is an example of how a tabletop surface has been identified by an Apple Vision Pro Headset, and when the Engineer releases the Component Assy, it drops to the Tabletop Surface with Simulated Gravity.
8) 3D Holographic X-Rays - Semitransparent 3D Holographic Models can be "Anchored-In-Place" onto and Existing Physical Product Design, thus creating a 3D X-Ray Effect. This can be extremely useful for Engineers to use during Design Reviews... i.e., for cases when simply removing a cover would not be enough. Also, this is an extremely useful tool for Product Marketing, or for use at Engineering Tradeshows.
9) 3D Holographic Retrofitting - Existing Physical Geometry can have 3D Holographic Models Augmented onto their Surface. For example, an empty workbench, where your work cell design, machine assy, cobot, etc. are placed to visualize the design layout, check for clearances, ergonomics, etc.
10) 3D Assembly by Hand - Immersive Engineering gives you the ability to 'Assemble Parts by Hand' within your Design Concept just as you would in the Physical World.