Virtual Reality Provides an Immersive Solution for Our Customers

Virtual reality (VR) continues to gain ground in a wide range of industries, including construction. At Messer, our in-house VR capabilities drive meaningful, immersive solutions for our customers during the preconstruction and building processes by allowing them to use a VR headset to see what their building will look like. This is a great way to manage expectations and make design adjustments without affecting the budget and schedule.

One area Messer has had success with VR during preconstruction is operating rooms in health care facilities. Using a headset, doctors, nurses and staff can assess where everything from boom lighting to gas hookups and clocks will be placed, per the model, so they can suggest changes prior to installation. This exercise prevents rework, saving time and money and boosting efficiency in the field. Most importantly, it gives the building owner confidence in how the operating room will function in real life and lets doctors focus on what really matters: caring for patients.

The benefits aren’t exclusive to health care. VR can be applied to projects in other construction segments as well, including higher education.

Here is a video of a VR walkthrough from a “behind-the-headset” point of view. ​