NORWOOD - Avoiding injuries at construction sites is a critical challenge and a company in Massachusetts hopes virtual reality might be the answer. At BOND Civil & Utility Construction in Norwood, ...

With construction spending on the rise and skyrocketing demand for sustainable energy and other new technologies in building projects, jobs are plentiful in the construction industry. However, the ...

H2M architects + engineers is now letting clients use its virtual reality services to “walk” through their buildings long before construction ever begins. Company executives say the VR technology is a ...

Three groups are working together to teach high-demand construction skills to high school students in California. To do so during a pandemic, they’re using virtual reality (VR) devices to teach from ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing a virtual reality-based learning environment to improve middle school students’ interest in STEM fields, specifically the evolving ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Before they ever pick up a hammer, students at the West Michigan Construction Institute can use virtual reality headsets to practice construction safety, part of a $3 million ...

At the end of 2019, global construction spending was expected to reach $17.5 trillion by 2030, according to Frost & Sullivan, a big jump from the $11.4 trillion spent worldwide in 2018, as reported by ...

The combination of the two technologies is enabling agencies to give employees hands-on training in the safest environments possible. Most job-related safety training is pretty basic and involves ...

To reduce the hours that their staff and subcontractors have to spend on-site and the number of people who have to fly around the country to visit projects, contractors are turning to virtual ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the acquisition of VisualLive, a technology ...

When it comes to the current state of virtual reality, you can easily go online and read innumerable articles expounding on the topic: Are virtual reality’s uses best suited for gaming, or something ...