At the 3D & Virtual Reality Expo, Asahi Electronics exhibited the VirDSE Hand Tool, which can help the user verify in virtual space how machinery can be operated, as well as be a support tool in the design process.
VirDSE, developed by Asahi Electronics, is an all-round solution for digital evaluation and verification in design, manufacturing, and sales. It makes full use of various VR capabilities to enable evaluation and verification of qualities, visual checking ability, operability, and maintainability. VirDSE offers a variety of solutions in line with users' purposes, and the VirDSE Hand Tool is a new customized solution. It enables verification under conditions more like those of actual use, by giving users a handheld tool.
"This system utilizes 3D CAD design data, as used in the manufacturing industry. It enables the data to be viewed as images, with a depth perspective, on this head-mounted display. Because the display is head-mounted, it can move and rotate freely in line with the wearer's head. The system uses sensors to help generate CG, in real time, from the perspective of the user. So to the wearer, it really looks as if there's an object in front of them, with the actual dimensions in the design."
"The system can be configured with various hardware and specs. The version on show today is priced at around 10 million yen, including the software and hardware. Today, the system is being used as a design support tool, but from now on, we think it could be used for other applications, such as safety training. Usually, safety training is done using manuals, but this system enables users to get inside machinery, under conditions like those on the shop floor. So it could be used to train new workers, for example. Also, it could be used as a digital manual. As this system makes it look as if there are actually objects in front of you, we think it's amply possible that it could be used for learning how to assemble and disassemble machinery."
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