So much for "it's all just a gimmick"

Immersing yourself in Virtual Reality: this is no longer just a gimmick,” explains CEO Thomas Winzer. INOSOFT has been working with both technologies for more than five years and has already implemented numerous tasks.

For example, INOSOFT has implemented a tool change on a machine for AR glasses. The worker at the machine receives virtual step-by-step instructions projected onto his data glasses, which he can use to work on the machine – the relevant objects are marked and displayed on the machine.

With VR glasses, INOSOFT has gained experience primarily in the design of training situations: a completely artificial world is created in which action steps, process steps, and procedures can be presented for users to experience and learn.

For example, INOSOFT created a virtual training environment for a pharmaceutical company that is currently building a new production facility. The plant has complex manufacturing steps. The idea was to train people in this space in advance so that they could start working immediately once the facility was complete.

Because in the virtual world, users can also grasp things - using controllers that also detect hand and finger movements and derive them into movements in the virtual world. This is how doors are opened or objects are moved, for example. "We call this immersion, which means that you are almost physically immersed in the world," says Winzer.

How do companies benefit from this? INOSOFT has transferred what is already commonplace in the gaming world—namely, interacting with several people in a virtual world—to the corporate world. With MUVR, we have created a platform that makes it possible for multiple VR headsets, regardless of design and brand and regardless of location, to move together in the virtual world: That way, you cannot only talk virtually, but - since there are objects in VR - you can also work on things together.

If there are parts that need to be moved or exploded drawings are projected three-dimensionally into the room, you can walk around this system or components together and listen to the training instructor's explanations. “Bringing the relevant components into the virtual world is not that expensive for companies, because the design drawings already exist in CAD programs. These can be converted quite easily for virtual environments,” explains Winzer.

In terms of Augmented Reality, INOSOFT has developed a system that enables remote video connections to be established using smartphones or tablets. This allows a manufacturer who has a problem with a customer's system to send a link to the customer. The customer clicks on the link and a video image is displayed. The expert can then view the situation on site and augment information into the customer's field of vision to help solve the problem.

We see “a lot of potential in this area because, for example, the learning effect when I see something spatially, in three dimensions, is many times greater than when I only look at it on plans or in brochures," says Winzer.   Source reference: OP Marburg/Ostkreis from 04.01.2022

January 07, 2022