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globe and it allows them to communicate and demonstrate new building designs to clients , simply by providing them with a VR headset . They can then immerse themselves in a new building before construction even starts and tour through each room , making key design decisions based on experiencing the full structure around them .
It ’ s an important move forward within an industry which is sometimes slow to adopt technological trends and advancements and Yulio ’ s Chief Product Officer , Ian Hall , is in no doubt that this product will go on to have a profound impact on the construction industry as a whole .
“ This is a fairly conservative industry in general ,” says Hall . “ But there ’ s been this realisation that there is no such thing as a successful company today that isn ’ t also a technology company . We ’ ve got some of the largest construction companies , certainly in North America , using our products and they ’ re using it in their design area .
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