Engineering meets virtual reality

MacGregor Virtual Reality suite showing a duplicate of what the subject is seeing on his headset

These days, deck equipment and lifting gear needs simulation testing before full development, Geir Roland of MacGregor told MJ. “Working on a scale model – even a detailed, 3D printed model - won’t copy the physics. You need try things out on a computer.”

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