The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is faced with a new reality of work, with the trend of remote and hybrid work showing no end in sight. Still, facilitating genuine and meaningful interaction among peers and clients is paramount for establishing culture in today’s work environment.
3 Ways to Use VR for Meetings in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Topics: VR collaboration, VR meetings, Architecture Engineering Construction
Revit to VR: How to Run True-to-Scale BIM Design Review Meetings
Did you know that virtual reality (VR) can take Revit workflows to the next level by enabling true-to-scale design review and collaboration in unbuilt environments?
Topics: VR collaboration, Revit to Virtual Reality
Based in Northern Ireland, Kane, is a leading mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractor that specializes in public health, prefabrication and fit-out projects. Kane delivers projects within the residential, hospitality, education, commercial and healthcare sectors.UsingProspect by IrisVR,Kane coordinated and visualized one of their most unique projects—Claridge’s Hotel, London. The team completed a full MEP installation including design and prefabrication of a £12 million energy center 5 floors below ground level.
Topics: VR Case Studies
Learn How a Specialty Engineering Firm Uses VR For Collaboration
Schnabel Engineering, Glen Allen, VA, is a specialty civil engineering consultant that specializes in geotechnical, dams and levees, and tunnel engineering services. This $90M+/year firm focuses on using technology in innovative ways to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance the client experience.
Topics: VR Case Studies
We are thrilled to announce that IrisVR is joining forces with Autodesk. It wasn’t that long ago that IrisVR joined The Wild, united by a shared vision of providing immersive collaboration tools to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry to drive efficiency and deliver value to our users.
Human-Centered Design: How to Empower Stakeholders with VR Pre-Occupancy Evaluations
This is the fourth and final post in a series about tech-enabled pre-occupancy evaluations, which are opening up a new world of possibilities for AEC. To read more from this series, see our previous 3 posts on how pre-occupancy evaluations can drive higher quality project delivery, reduce waste and rework, and take internal design processes to the next level.
Topics: VR collaboration, human-centered design
How BIM Teams Can Unlock Full-Lifecycle Coordination with Prospect’s VR Issue Tracking
Costly Coordination Errors Demand a Digital Transformation
On average, construction job site errors waste $1 trillion each year. Trying to interpret final 2D construction documents on site of increasingly complex Revit or Navisworks models leads to an abundance of errors, costly rework, and delays.
How BRC Used VR to Design a New Exhibit for Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
“Within five minutes [of using VR], we caught what could have been a $20K error.”
-Edward Hodge, Creative Director, BRC
Summary
When Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation tapped BRC Imagination Arts to create an emotional centerpiece experience for their newest exhibition, Driven to Win: Racing in America presented by General Motors, the central challenge was delivering on a short, nine-month timeline. Using Prospect by IrisVR, the BRC team was not only able to streamline its design and review process, but also design key aspects of the custom-built theater, like the emotional look and feel and the ergonomics of the space. VR was a crucial tool that helped BRC craft an immersive brand experience on a very tight turnaround.
Topics: VR Case Studies