VR and AR technologies can be used to improve safety in the construction industry. They allow for: 1) Visualizing construction projects through 3D models to identify risks and prevent issues like excavation damage to underground pipelines. 2) Serious gaming approaches that make safety training more engaging through competitive design challenges and scoring systems. 3) Augmented reality applications that overlay digital information onto the real world, such as using AR to provide work instructions or design projects directly on a table top.

1. VR & AR en mass
for the Construction Industry
from a safety perspective

2. Who am I
• dr. ir. H.K.M. (Martinus) van de Ruitenbeek
• Specialist in ICT for Civil Engineering applications
• Work for Volker InfraDesign (mother company VolkerWessels)
Infrastructure & Geo Offshore & Wind Complex reinforcement

3. Typical BIM model

4. World BIM - MapXact
BIM models
3D Laserscans
Soil radar scans
Object recognition
Tree models
3d Photos
Etc
Etc

5. What we do
Building Information Model (BIM)
(3D + time + cost information)
Rendering + effects
(clouds, cars, people et)
Our first game!
Simple VR on phone

6. Practical uses

7. Soil radar
(machine’s eyes)
Machine AR
How to prevent excavation damage?
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Visual human
check
pipeline
World BIM
(machine’s AR)World
BIM

8. Serious Gaming
• VR & AR changed our mindset into Serious Gaming!
• Serious Gaming gives you:
• Competitive design
• Scores
• Alternative solutions
• Fun!
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9. Safety Game
• Keep it simple

10. VR is Simple and Cheap!
2
Print
3
Use 
1
Download

11. Or go ahead and buy something 

12. Work instructions Game
• Complex reinforcement game

13. Driving simulator

14. AR to design on your table top

15. What engineers need

16. Questions