the services it provides with deliverables high in accuracy and rich in detail . “ They are working on large custom homes and luxury developments in mountainous areas of Montana and we ’ re finding that in this environment the plan and the model submitted for construction were not always followed exactly ,” says Wheelis . “ When Harvey ’ s started to prefabricate their plumbing offsite to improve install times , they adopted the BLK 360 laser scanner and began fabricating to the actual framing environment . They gained efficiencies , even with last-minute changes , and successfully united the BIM department doing the design and the crews in the field delivering the information back to the fabrication shop .”
Looking to the future , Wheelis notes that when Facebook spent $ 2bn acquiring Oculus Rift , there was an expectation that Augmented Reality ( AR ) and Virtual Reality ( VR ) were immediately ready for prime time . He predicts that expectation will be driven to fruition as devices become more wearable . “ Consumer level innovations around how people consume data in gaming environments in real time are
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