virtalis discuss vr; from virtual to reality - 2016 the year of vr
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Predictive Simulation Conference 2016
From Virtual to Reality
Julian FordUK Commercial Manager
Who is Virtalis?
A Wealth of Experience
• A world-leading provider or VR solutions
• Originally formed in 1989
• UK HQ with subsidiaries in the US, Germany, Malaysia and Finland
• Enviable, prestigious global customer base
• 43 staff
• Over 300 man years of experience
Virtual Reality - Concept
• A suite of technologies that supports real-time, life-like human interaction with computer-generated datasets/environments
• Virtual environments encourage collaboration, stimulate communications, cross discipline and aid understanding
• The ability to collaborate in real time with colleagues located at multiple disparate sites is a extremely powerful capability
Virtual Reality – Myths
• Beyond my budget
Image Generators from the late ‘90s
But it wasn’t always like this
Virtual Reality – Myths
• Difficult to use and support
Virtual Reality – Myths
• Not readily accessible
• Requires IT department support
Virtual Reality –The landscape is changing
• Accessible VR is a big driver for 2016
• Consumer HMDs are shipping now; from Oculus and HTC
• Immersive desktop solutions are readily available
• Low-end systems can be networked with each other and/or with large scale visualization solutions to create a single, collaborative virtual environment
Market Sectors
• Engineering• Automotive, Aerospace, Ship building, Rail, Off highway
• Architecture, Engineering & Construction (BIM)
• Power (generation & distribution)
• Utilities (Asset management)
• Retail (micro & macro space planning & merchandising)
• Academia & Research• Built environment, psychology, Life/Bio sciences, Engineering
• Geosciences
• Medical (Training mostly)
Visualization – use cases
Maintenance
Design
ManufacturingMarketing
Training
• Concept Design evaluation
• Design validation
• Simulate manufacturing or building methods & processes
• Simulate assembly sequences
• Validate disassembly or maintenance procedures
• Create Immersive training environments
• Innovative marketing & communications tool
Road Test VR
• Visit our stand and try the VR experience
• Hands on with Visionary Render on a supported evaluation
• Low cost entry level solutions
• VR Technology days – let us bring VR to you