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AR headset claimed to ‘take construction to next level’
XYZ Reality, the ‘transformational construction technology’ company behind Holosite, reportedly the world’s first Engineering-Grade Augmented Reality platform, claims its ‘ground-breaking’ new ‘The Atom’ device is ‘the most accurate AR headset for construction’.
The Atom combines a safety-certified hardhat, augmented reality displays, and the ‘in-built computing power’ of HoloSite. The device ‘positions BIM onsite to millimetre accuracy’. XYZ Reality said: “This engineering-grade tool makes the entire construction journey safer, smarter, and more efficient, reducing waste, de- risking processes, and delivering bottom line benefits for contractor and asset owner alike.”
A ‘disruptive technology company’, XYZ Reality has ‘moved from an early access phase to global commercial availability’ following a successful £20 million funding round last June. It said: “On track for 300 per cent growth in 2022, the launch places XYZ Reality on its trajectory to significantly increase its global market share, and represents a commercial milestone to becoming a market-leading construction technology company.”
Coral Butler, Group head of Digitally enabled Lean Project Delivery at PM Group, an early-adopter of XYZ Reality’s HoloSite, commented: “We’ve been working with XYZ Reality since the beginning, and have already been impressed with how its powerful AR technology has significantly increased efficiency and improved quality across multiple mission-critical projects. The Atom has been developed by construction, for construction. Founder and CEO, David Mitchell and the team have an acute understanding of the challenges and pressures on site, and the frustrations presented by the validation process. This engineering tool is essential for project management, delivering benefits for everyone from planner to asset owner.”
Construction starts on £8m therapeutic eating disorders unit in Sandbanks
Construction has started on a new £8 million inpatient eating disorders unit at St Ann’s Hospital in Sandbanks for Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. Architect, Medical Architecture, says the building – sited in a protected wooded area – has been ‘carefully crafted to preserve the quality of its natural setting, to create a uniquely private and therapeutic environment for inpatients’. The new facility will increase the Trust’s capacity for specialist eating disorders care to meet demand in the local area, ensuring patients can receive treatment closer to home. Medical Architecture said: “The
building’s size and positioning have been carefully crafted to have a low impact on the mature coastal trees that occupy the site, and to respect the surrounding area’s character. The larger two-storey volume of the building is set back from the site boundary and adjoining road, reducing in scale to single storey as it approaches the street frontage. “The bedroom accommodation and patient day spaces are located together
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Nymi and G+D ‘simplify critical access’ to secure workplaces
Global security technology group, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), and connected worker technology specialist, Nymi, have developed a biometric system on a wristband that they say provides organisations and their employees with ‘convenient and secure access to their entire workplace’.
The two businesses say that this ‘human-centric approach’ allows people to go ‘passwordless’, ‘contactless’, and hands-free, at work. The new ‘enterprise access paradigm’ is reportedly secure and simple to use by following a Privacy by Design and Zero Trust security framework. Employees wear their Nymi Band – a wristband activated by fingerprint and heartbeat – to authenticate to the Nymi Connected Worker Platform. G+D said: “Unlike conventional systems, the fingerprint is not compared to a centrally stored image for authentication, but to an abstract mathematical template stored directly in the band’s internal chip. Employees have control over their own biometric data at all times, in contrast to systems with centralised fingerprints, face, or iris recognition, that use reference images.”
on the ground floor. The transparent day spaces have views out to an accessible landscaped garden and the surrounding woodland, maximising the therapeutic benefit. This ward plan, with a central staff base, aids observation, and allows efficient staffing levels to be maintained. Staff and therapy rooms occupy the first floor, with a large activity space which provides spectacular views out across the tree canopy.” Organic materials and neutral colours complement the views to nature, while large glazing areas provide natural light to reinforce circadian rhythms and reduce the requirement for internal lighting.
Interoperability with the company’s infrastructure is ensured on the Nymi Connected Worker Platform via components from G+D. The Personal Identity Verification (PIV) applet developed by G+D provides a Secure Element (SE) as the fundamental component of the solution. For example, adding a Legic applet enables contactless access to authorised devices, networks, and other resources. Through the Nymi Connected Worker Platform, employees are securely and instantly connected to their entire workplace, across digital and physical environments, and networks – all without the need for passwords. To see the system in action, click on the following videolink:
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=O47R7FHf9-g
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