Atom augmented reality brings construction sites to life
The company that developed the first engineering-grade augmented reality platform is going global with the worldwide launch of Atom.
XYZ Reality’s Holosite - an AR hardhat solution that lets construction teams view and position holograms of design models ‘to millimetre accuracy’ – has spent the past two years being deployed on projects valued at over £1.5bn, which has helped to refine the technology and position XYZ as a leading construction technology provider.
The Atom is XYZ’s next-generation AR headset, which combines a safety-certified hardhat, augmented reality displays and in-built computing capabilities of HoloSite.
In use, the AR tool allows the wearer to see full holographic BIM (Building Information Modelling) models of structures that are superimposed on work already underway to identify errors before they become too costly to rectify.
David Mitchell, founder and CEO, XYZ Reality explained that the building/project data is uploaded into the HoloSite platform which the Atom headset plugs into.
Atom positions 3D design models to construction tolerances with its laser-based tracking technology. The models are positioned by tapping into the site coordinate system, Mitchell said.
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