of the Holovis centrepiece included applications for training and simulation, architectural design, collaboration and virtual manufacturing. Visitors were able to understand how concepts and complex data sets can be visualised as immersive and interactive models, incorporating real world, realtime data and simultaneous multi-person engagement.

LearnView, a proprietary software suite from Holovis, was presented – a free roaming and networked VR experience with high levels of immersion that went beyond just vision to include audio and interactivity, where users could move and change things in the virtual world.

This showcased a training application that allows people to train at any time without needing access to highly sought-after equipment and lets them learn skills before they need to be recreated in pressured working conditions.

LearnView also featured an architectural design experience that let guests swipe through a timeline and see a building being constructed around them, with all the different phases and elements falling into place. This demonstrates a completely new way of engaging with construction designs, and will speed up the process for the master contractors and advance the way the industry currently views project plans.

Another popular experience was the Fatigue Simulator, the latest in the Near Miss Simulation range from Holovis. This wakes drivers up to the dangers of falling asleep at the wheel and delivers the most effective health and safety training yet.

The multisensory simulator is made from real vehicle components, with a driver seat and steering wheel, so it’s just like sitting in and driving the real thing. Users wear a virtual reality headset with surround audio, special effects and hand tracked interactivity.

At crucial times of the experience, the simulator moves in sync with highly realistic visuals that are accurate 1:1 scale and rendered using realtime media, so they behave exactly as they would in the real world.

The scenario that unfolds is driving down a dark road at night and experiencing hazards and distractions, from the ability to change the radio station to a phone on the passenger seat ringing, other vehicles and even wildlife running into the road. As the experience continues the user’s vision clouds and their hearing starts to distort as the effects or microsleeps are simulated before the moment of truth…

Dave Elliott, enterprise business development manager at Holovis, said: “Throughout the week we saw a huge demand for XR technologies, with many people coming to us with their concepts and ideas to see how they can make them a reality. The use cases ranged from end users who are looking to establish or expand on systems already in place and integrators wanting to understand how they can offer our solutions as an extension of their own to win a greater variety of projects.”