Immerse yourself in virtual corporate worlds via VR headset (Source: Malvina Media)
Xpert.Digital: Presentation of the professional virtual reality solution at LogiMAT
The use of virtual reality elements for professional purposes is becoming increasingly attractive to companies, as this innovative technology allows products and environments to be experienced digitally in a completely new way. Until now, however, the virtual experience could mostly only be enjoyed alone. New software now makes these virtual journeys possible simultaneously for any number of users and even spectators.
The application was developed by Xpert.Digital and Munich-based Phaenom GmbH. With the so-called EMC Flight Controller, the company has created a system that transforms the isolated virtual reality experiences of individual users into a shared experience for entire user groups. This innovative new development thus enables virtual presentations for any number of viewers, regardless of location, and also makes them visible to viewers without a VR headset.
Control any number of VR headsets and monitors via tablet
The simulation is controlled by a tablet equipped with the software app, which thus becomes a flight controller – a kind of remote control. Any number of VR headsets can be controlled via the device, and a chosen animation can be started. Users are then sent on a virtual 360° journey through animated product worlds and other digital environments. Through the integration of quasi-realistic elements and user interaction, an extremely vivid presentation is created, giving the viewer the feeling of being right in the middle of the action.
To ensure that users without a VR headset can also enjoy the experience, their journeys are streamed live to external large screens. Similarly, these individual, real-time animations can be shared across any number of computers, tablets, televisions, or virtual reality headsets, regardless of location, allowing other viewers to experience them globally. Furthermore, this technology will enable future users to view these individual experiences in 3D not only on virtual reality headsets but also on AR systems like Microsoft's HoloLens
First deployment with virtual flight through logistics
Flight control via flight controller (Source: Malvina Media)
The system was presented to the public for the first time at this year's LogiMAT trade fair at the booth of logistics manufacturer Kardex Remstar. Using three VR headsets, visitors could simultaneously embark on a virtual 3D flight through the product world of the manufacturer of automated storage systems. After selecting one of three possible animations from the areas of Maintenance, Machinery, or Retail via the flight controller, the digital experience began for the users, allowing them to customize the flight and examine the various storage systems in detail through head movements and gestures. The three flights were simultaneously broadcast live on a large video wall, enabling bystanders to share in the users' experience.
Other uses of the application
In addition to its use for corporate, product and trade fair presentations, the system is ideally suited for the true-to-life and three-dimensional visualization of projects in the real estate sector or plant engineering.
But this doesn't even begin to exhaust the potential applications of the technology. One future application would be, for example, creating a link to 3D printing, where the software is used as a print template. This would allow real, three-dimensional images to be printed using digital information from animated models. In this way, the virtual experience would also become a haptic experience with a tangible result that can be taken home.
In the future, the program, compatible with all formats, will be available as a downloadable app and will run on any iOS or Android tablet. The offering goes beyond simply marketing the app, as the VR specialist will also handle content creation and conversion into animated 3D simulations for clients upon request.
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