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December 2021 #13269 Page #58
MiTek is Improving Collaboration with Futuristic Technology
n its quest to transform the building construction industry through better building, MiTek is embracing futuristic technology to help improve the collaboration of value-chain partners. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been used for entertainment purposes for many years, and now this technology is being utilized in the Design phase of the Design-Make-Build approach to construction.
By Katie Kormann, Corporate Journalist
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“Anything we’ve modeled can be pulled into a virtual and augmented reality experience to allow our customers the opportunity to have visibility and interact in a real-time environment with their product during the design phase,” said Benjamin Tabolt, Global Product Portfolio Manager of MiTek Services. “This allows issues and opportunities to be identified early in the process, and changes can be made in the computer, as opposed to waiting until they’re manifested as problems in the field.” At this year’s Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) in Omaha, Nebraska, MiTek featured an immersive VR and AR experience. The technology gave component manufacturers, BCMC’s target audience, the opportunity to walk through a truss plant and a single-family home and interact with designs and products inside. VR is a simulated experience that can be like or different from the real world. A person using virtual reality equipment can look around the artificial world, move around in it, and interact with virtual features or items. “Beyond what we’re creating from a design perspective for a building itself, we can optimize and automate the layout of their plant and automation equipment and give them every opportunity to make every decision possible,” Tabolt said. AR, on the other hand, enhances the real physical world using digital visual elements, sound, or other sensory stimuli delivered via technology.
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