Microsoft and Autodesk help industrial designers collaborate in mixed reality with HoloLens
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on December 1, 2015
at 6:11 am
Microsoft has been working with Autodesk since last year to explore the possibilities for 3D engineering and industrial design using its HoloLens headset. The two companies have built a proof of concept app that lets designers collaborate in real-time on 3D designs in mixed reality. The joint project, known as FreeForm, builds on Autodesk’s Fusion 360 software for computer-aided design, engineering and manufacture. It turns 3D models into holograms so designers can view them at their actual size rather than on a screen and manipulate them without a screen in sight. Microsoft says that the ability to move freely around…
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