Augmented Reality Changing Construction
A recent blog article by One Fire explores some examples of how Augmented Reality is changing the construction industry.
The blog asserts that innovation, training and marketing can all be revolutionized by Augmented Reality:
- Marketing: With construction products being so large, marketing departments can now create 3D digital models of products to project, saving money on shipping costs.
- Project innovation: By superimposing exact measurements and location specifications onto the user’s field of view, this creates a smart field of view, showing the area the work needs to be done. This can greatly improve accuracy in construction.
- Improved training: Traditionally, training new employees would have involved instruction manuals which are not always appropriate in field roles. Whereas, with Augmented Reality, real time instructions can be superimposed onto the machine or site on which the employee needs to learn and perform so that requisite information appears in your field of vision. Steps of instructions can also be accessed and pointed out as the employee learns a new task.