VIRTUAL REALITY IS OFTEN CHARACTERISED AS A „COMPUTER SIMULATED REALITY“ OR „AN ARTIFICIAL WORLD“. TO ORIGINATE THIS ILLUSORY WORLD, AN IMPRESSIVE DATA QUANTITY IS TRANFORMED TO SPATIAL PICTURES THROUGH A POWERFUL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. THIS CAUSES THE SAME REAL SENSATION FOR THE OBSERVER AS IN REALITY.
THE USER INTEGRATION INTO THE VIRTUAL AREA, THE SO-CALLED IMMERSION, IS ONE OF THE THREE CHARACTERISTICA OF VIRTUAL REALITY. WHILE OBJECTS OR THEIR ATTRIBUTES ARE CONVERTED IN THREE DIMENSIONS DURING AN THE INTERACTION, AT THE VISUALIZATION OF 3D-OBJECTS AND THEIR DYNYMIC BEHAVIOUR CAN BE ILLUSTRATED IN REAL-TIME.
BY MEANS OF OUR APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF THE DIGITAL FACTORY, AS A LINK BETWEEN THE VIRTUAL AND REAL FACTORY, PROCESSES AND FACILITIES CAN BE ILLUSTRATED IN MODELS FOR PRODUCTION PLANNING AND LAYOUT NECESSARY PRODUCTS. THEREBY, THE REAL PRODUCTION CANNOT ONLY BE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED, BUT ALSO IMPROVED.
TRUE TO THE SLOGAN „FIRST DIGITAL – THEN REALITY“ THE USE OF DIGITAL
FACTORIES PROVIDES SAVING POTENTIAL IN THE FACTORY AND PRODUCTION PLANNING.