Product designers create complex virtual models as part of the creative process. Virtual models are a big improvement over flat 2D drawings. However, collaboration can be stifled when non-designers: senior management, supervisory, supply chain, manufacturing, or post-sale support team members try to interpret virtual models created using 2D and perspective based depth cues.
3D stereoscopic monitors help facilitate team collaboration in tasks such as systems engineering, system and machine design, shape design , and mechanical design. Virtual models, viewed in stereoscopic 3D, are the closest thing to a physical prototype.
- Save valuable time. One of our customers estimates that they save 10-15 minutes per design review by presenting assembly drawings in stereoscopic 3D.
- Make better decisions. Stereoscopic 3D brings reality to spatial planning.
- Simplifies understanding for co-workers that are not “hands-on” product developers.
One customer, in the aerospace industry, determined that product reviews in stereoscopic 3D helped their designers and maintenance personnel “design for maintenance”. Better spatial awareness enabled by stereoscopic 3D allowed this development team to make small spatial changes that enabled better access for servicing electrical and hydraulic components.
Our newest generation of 3D monitors are compatible with Nvidia's 3D Vision system and with most Nvidia Quadro graphics cards, so expensive hardware upgrades are not required.
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