Virtual reality now gathering pace in manufacturing
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Virtual reality (VR) technology is beginning to catch on as benefits become clearer, the technology becomes more robust and easier to develop and use, and prices come down.
Virtalis, for example, which recently installed the first manufacturing floor stereo VR cabins at BAE Systems Submarines’ Barrow-in-Furness site for its Astute Class submarines build programme, says it is seeing growth, and has just hired three more for its technical development team.
Andrew Connell, Virtalis technical director, says: “Over the past dozen years, the team has achieved many breakthroughs in advanced visualisation and has played a part in turning VR from a fledgling concept to the mature technology we have today.”
Managing director David Cockburn-Price adds: “The growing success of Virtalis means we have a greater number of projects under development, as well as a greater diversity of them too. The boost provided by these new techies will be felt by our clients who are clamouring for ever shorter project delivery times on ever more challenging assignments.”
The three newcomers are: Joe Kemp, senior programmer; Warwick Shaw, hardware engineer; and Mark McGlinchey, visualisation technologist.
