Designers at Ford are using virtual reality tools to work with colleagues remotely

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Designers at Ford are using virtual reality tools to work with colleagues remotely
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The technology is being used in five of the company's studios.

As technology develops, VR is starting to be used across a wide range of industries, from aviation and defense to autos.

The technology has been developed by Gravity Sketch, in collaboration with Ford. It sees workers wear headsets and use controllers to "draw, rotate, expand and compress a 3D sketch." In a statement earlier this week Michael Smith, design manager at Ford, said that the Co-Creation feature added "more voices to the conversation in a virtual environment, which results in more efficient design work that may help accelerate a vehicle program's development."

As technology develops, VR is starting to be used across a wide range of industries. In April 2019, for example, it was announced that Qatar Airways had partnered withThe technology, which uses HTC Vive equipment, has been designed to give engineers virtual refresher training with Rolls-Royce's biggest engine, the Trent XWB.

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