What Are the Best Complementaries Tech to AR?

The Core feature of almost all AR in Construction products – is to show the BIM Model aligned with a building site. So what are the solutions to make aligning on site easy?

Autonomous construction site layout platforms like HP Site print or Dusty Robotics print project layout right on the floor surface. It helps project teams dramatically reduce schedule time and rework costs through accurate, full-scale printed layouts.

Site layout can be printed on various supports such as concrete, asphalt, wood, roofing, and even on a sloping ground up to 15% (check BIMPRINTER solution). The automation of building layout is approved for doing the job fast, accurately, and even up to three times better than traditional methods.

The alternative way to bring 2D/3D BIM to field workers is a laser projecting (LightYX). It’s an APR (Adaptive Projected Reality) technology that projects any 2D or 3D blueprints onto the construction surface itself with an accurate laser down to the millimeters.

Both solutions (print site layout, or project it) are very precise. However, the biggest shortcoming of those solutions is that they make the pattern on the 2D surfaces (walls, floors, ceiling), but cannot actually show how things need to be arranged that are “within the space” – that’s where AR is complementary. If you want to see how the pipes need to be organized, you can only do so with AR, since you might only have the projection of 2-3 holes on the walls with printing/projecting, which is not enough to understand what needs to be done.

GAMMA AR solution is on the same page with printed layouts but covers 2D disadvantages. It presents a 1:1 scaled 3D object appearance and allows for  building right and building fast the first time. Project teams like it because it’s accurate and it’s fast. Trade partners love it because it’s simple and it’s easy to implement – it’s closing the gap between the office and the field.