“In both teaching and research within GeoMining we often struggle to understand and communicate the 3D shapes that are in the ground from 2D drawings. VR helps us to visualise. ”
“Even though we employed a full-time engineer to keep the physical model as up-to-date as possible, there was necessarily a lag between when the changes were made and when we could see the implications of those changes. Now we have instant feedback. Not only that, but we can share the design with our manufacturing colleagues. All their doubts melted away when they realised that they could see the model, review it and use the MockUp tools to rehearse the various manufacturing processes. With Virtalis’ help we were able to build up the entire manufacturing process stage by stage. They installed a passive stereo system, which allowed us to carry out design reviews with our manufacturing colleagues weekly. As we were able to work on how the design was to be built at the same time as the design itself, the manufacturing engineers quickly realised the advantages to them and their team on the production line.”