Mixed Reality Solutions
SpinFire XR supports Mixed Reality technology, enabling teams to collaborate around 3D CAD and design data, at full scale and in-context.
Our SpinFire XR product suite presents new and innovative ways of carrying out existing, every day, engineering tasks. Below are our current experiences that are available for use in Mixed Reality:
Visualize 3D CAD data at full scale and in context to interrogate the data in Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality devices.
Streamline design reviews to improve quality and reduce rework. Quickly assess design intent, verify manufacturability, and gather actionable feedback so issues are identified and resolved before they become costly problems.
Collaboratively design and optimize work cells, production lines, or entire facilities in full scale, reducing costly physical changes and minimizing downtime.
Our Extended Reality (XR) experiences support Mixed Reality on these devices:
Microsoft HoloLens 2
Meta Quest 3
Preparing data for Mixed Reality is a seamless and fully automated process using the Visualization Pipeline, an enterprise level solution which prepares XR data. By simply dragging and dropping your data on to the server, using “save as” from within your active CAD session or via a PLM trigger, the pipeline will automatically optimize your data and prepare it to be used in your Mixed Reality device, whilst retaining product structure and metadata.
The Visualization Pipeline supports many different CAD inputs formats, these include CATIA V5, 3DEXPERIENCE, CREO, NX and JT.
Mixed Reality (MR) blends digital 3D content with the physical environment, enabling engineers to interact with product data in context on the shop floor, in collaborative spaces or across distributed teams. Unlike Augmented Reality, MR allows users to anchor, manipulate and move around digital models as if they were physical objects, delivering deeper spatial understanding and collaboration.
Whether using gesture based control on the HoloLens 2 or controller based passthrough via devices like the Meta Quest 3, MR provides a powerful way to validate designs, optimize layouts and resolve issues earlier without needing physical prototypes.
SpinFire XR supports both types of MR experiences to help teams reduce miscommunication, minimize rework and accelerate decision making across the product lifecycle.
Using SpinFire XR, Mixed Reality is enabling companies to maximize the value of engineering design data, streamline processes, and save valuable time and resource.
Common reasons companies choose Mixed Reality and SpinFire XR include:
Automated Data Preparation and Optimisation: Remove the time, costs and resource required to manually prepare and optimise your 3D CAD data and design assets for use in Mixed Reality devices and experiences.
Early Issue Detection and Resolution: Identify and address design issues using Mixed Reality devices earlier on in the process, minimizing delays and reducing rework.
Enhanced Collaboration and Data Interaction: Enable seamless collaboration among distributed teams, facilitating faster decision-making and reducing travel costs when using Mixed Reality.
Full-scale and In-context Visualization: Visualize your designs at full scale and in their intended context in Mixed Reality, enabling better decision-making and reducing costly errors.
Improved Customer Feedback and Communication: Enhance communication with customers by collaborating immersively in Mixed Reality, enabling them to better understand and provide feedback on designs.
Real-Time Decision Making: Make informed decisions in real-time, leading to increased efficiency and agility in your workflows.
Time and Cost Savings: Streamline your design and manufacturing processes using Mixed Reality, saving both time and money. Identify and address design issues early in the process, minimizing costly rework and delays.
Yes. Using Mixed Reality, you can join multi-user sessions to connect and collaborate with your engineering team in real-time, regardless of location or choice of device. By working together in XR, you can securely and remotely use intuitive XR tools for more effective decision making and to improve efficiency.
We believe that collaboration is a key factor towards accelerating development and getting to market faster, whilst eliminating the need for physical meetings, protecting the environment, and reducing cost and time and transport costs.
Learn more about collaborating using SpinFire XR.
