Virtual reality has been around for a long time but has seen recent improvements. While early consumer VR products failed, the technology is beginning to meet consumer needs. The document discusses how VR has found more success in commercial industries like shipbuilding, as they have specific use cases and customers that provide business benefits. For VR to be widely adopted in shipbuilding, it must seamlessly extend current workflows and solve major challenges.

1. The Evolution of VR in Shipbuilding
Denis Morais
CTO

2. Virtual Reality
is a “Game Changer”
…so we have been told

3. What is
Virtual Reality

4. Understanding Technology Trends

5. Amara’s Law.
The law states, “We tend to overestimate the
effect of a technology in the short run and
underestimate the effect in the long run.”

7. What is History Telling Us?
1. VR has been around for a long time
2. Consumer products have been attempted before and failed
3. Commercial products vendors had some success
4. Consumer space has recently improved significantly

8. VR: Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Feature
Image Performance
(Quality of image, Latency, etc.)
Comfort of VR Gear
(HMD, tethered cables, glasses etc.)
Useful Applications
Immersion
(interacting with model, look
around objects, etc.)
Multi-person environment
Cost vs. Entertainment
Investment vs. Benefit

9. VR: Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Consumer Feature Commercial
High
Image Performance
(Quality of image, Latency, etc.)
Medium
High Comfort of VR Gear
(HMD, tethered cables, glasses etc.)
Medium
Required Useful Applications Required
High
Immersion
(interacting with model, look
around objects, etc.)
Medium
Not Required Multi-person environment Required
<$500 all in
Cost vs. Entertainment
Investment vs. Benefit
> $15, 000

10. Consumer VR MVP is not Satisfied Yet.
Virtual Reality (VR) technology is still around a decade away
from providing consumers with a good VR experience.
-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

11. VR for Shipbuilding has had Some Success
MVP Mostly Satisfied
Uses Cases Which has Business Benifit
Specific Type of Customers

12. Shipbuilding and other industries will
see more successes from VR than the
consumer space.
However, customer space
improvements will be a driving factor

13. VR Challenges in Shipbuilding
Effort in Creating VR Model
VR is not an Extension of what we do.
Perceived Benefit vs. Investment

14. VR to be Widely Adopted in Shipbuilding
Extension of current workflow
(Propagate change, No VR Expert Required, Etc.
Solve a Challenge 10x
Trialability
Ability to solve totally different things

15. Summary
1. VR has been around for a very long time
2. Consumer Space
• Previous consumer VR products failed miserably
• Major advances in consumer space recently
• Consumer space will still have another 5-10 years before it takes off
3. Shipbuilding industry / Commercial
• Has been taking advantage of VR for the last decade
• Shipbuilding VR will improve with advances in consumer space
4. Shipbuilding requires a seamless workflow which is an extension of what we do

16. Thank You