{"id":8482,"date":"2018-06-25T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8482"},"modified":"2018-04-27T07:32:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:32:24","slug":"augmented-reality-ar-and-vr-to-improve-engineering-and-product-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/augmented-reality-ar-and-vr-to-improve-engineering-and-product-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality: AR and VR to Improve Engineering and Product Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20 percent of enterprises will be using Augmented Reality within their operations by 2019, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/exploring-augmented-reality-for-business-and-consumers\/\">forecast by Gartner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lumusvision.com\/augmented-reality-trends-infographic\/\">Lumus Vision<\/a> predicts that by 2025 the use of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality market within the engineering sector will reach $4.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Consider how Augmented Reality could be applied within the manufacturing sector.\u00a0 AR can be applied to bring more value to technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics.\u00a0 Prototyping and testing visualization with AR can speed the development of new products.\u00a0 AR will enable humans to be able to better interface with machines and to more quickly interpret information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/38241\/Brian-Blau\">Brian Blau<\/a>, research vice president at Garner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/exploring-augmented-reality-for-business-and-consumers\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;business use cases are broad. 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