metaio Is Fair

Just wanted to share the latest coverage from our technology fair this year. Of course it is not like ISMAR, but we had 180 guests from around 25 countries, 30 live-demos and a lot of interesting new ideas and projects coming up. Maybe see you netx year …

PROFOUNDAR

Following this claim by Rouli and inspired by a chat with Thomas I wanted to post something completely different this time. And maybe there will evolve a little series. The video below gives you some insight on how you can use augmented reality in the production process of a car. Combined with a measurement arm you can visually overlay CAD data for example on prototypes and assist the technician. It simplifies the consultation process within production stakeholders and helps avoiding very expensive mistakes. So, maybe I sound a little uncool, but on the one hand we should keep in mind, that augmented reality can help saving ressources, improve the quality of work and help building better products. And on the other hand: industrial scenarios are also prolific for catchy-fancy marketing applications, because the requirements on the core technology are very high, thus the systems in general get more stable and more flexible. Does that sound like a (german) software car engineering campaign? Sorry for that – it´s my heritage…