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I've envisioned an application like the following for construction sites and industrial installations: There would be a "supervisor" app with a schematic 3D mo
by stcredzero 8y ago
I've envisioned an application like the following for construction sites and industrial installations:
There would be a "supervisor" app with a schematic 3D model of the site, with dots or tags indicating the location of smartphones of workers, who have installed a satellite app.
There would be messaging between the satellite apps and the supervisor app, and a worker with a satellite app could stream video or post pictures to their tag, which could then be accessed from the supervisor app.
There could also be a VR/AR version of this. No video stream would take over the POV of the VR/AR users. Rather, the streams would be available as pop-up "screens" from the location tags on the schematic model.
For bonus points, interface this with CAD/CAM, so that not only the schematic model can be imported, but the design details can be accessed and drilled-down, and relayed to the workers on-site.
The purpose would be to provide answers and clarifications to workers very quickly, as well as providing contextual information localized in the 3D space of the design to supervisors, architects, and engineers.
Is there already something like this?
- etskinner 8y agoYou're loosely describing BIM (Building information modeling)[1], but you definitely bring up some novel points that aren't covered by existing BIM softwares, to my knowledge. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling
- stcredzero 8y agoyou definitely bring up some novel points that aren't covered by existing BIM softwares, to my knowledge What exactly are those, might I ask?
- ghostly_s 8y agoYeah, this is pretty much what a plethora of punchlisting platforms do currently, but in the form of annotated photos captured on an iPad and automatically tagged to the site plan rather than realtime video feeds (which is both more practical and preferable from a liability standpoint, as the GC and architect both have incentive to maintain a paper trail of who approved X change, etc.) The AR angle certainly sounds cool but even aside from the HW not being there yet, I'm not sure how it would add much value.
- stcredzero 8y agophotos captured on an iPad and automatically tagged to the site plan rather than realtime video feeds (which is both more practical and preferable from a liability standpoint, as the GC and architect both have incentive to maintain a paper trail of who approved X change, etc.) There's no reason why the realtime video feed and the voice communication between the architect and GC couldn't be tagged and timestamped as well. The AR angle certainly sounds cool but even aside from the HW not being there yet, I'm not sure how it would add much value. For plans/models which have some 3D complexity, being able to crane your neck and move your POV around might be valuable for understanding exactly what's going on. This might be more applicable to building the 1st iteration of something like a large jetliner than to a building, though I've heard of situations in the building of stadiums where this would've been applicable. The point is really to save the project time by letting the workers ask clarifying questions quickly, while enabling engineers and architects to understand the situation quickly, all while communicating in realtime. The turnaround for answering such questions probably couldn't get faster than that.
- Rebelgecko 8y agoI saw a cool demo using Project Tango that did this, except it didn't have live streaming video
- pj_mukh 8y agoThis is being built out as we speak! https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6512004038014300160 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:65120040...