Hi! We're SimplyVideo.

In case you haven't heard of us, we build an enterprise-grade video collaboration platform that's designed to work seamlessly across all devices – including extended reality (XR) wearables.

This isn't your everyday videoconferencing app. SimplyVideo includes a swathe of features that are designed to take advantage of the innate capabilities of XR devices.

That includes Chat 4.0 – a levelled-up, multimedia chatbox that leaves a light audit trail for future analysis. And in-call annotation, which lets you take screen grabs mid-call and write or draw on them – a lifesaver for remote assistance.

Today, though, we're going to focus on another XR-friendly feature: 3D asset visualisation.

Let's explore what it can do and learn how you can put it to work in your business.

SimplyVideo's 3D asset visualisation explained

Are you spending a fortune on 3D printing? Is endless prototyping slowing product development to a crawl?

SimplyVideo's 3D asset visualisation feature can help. It's designed to accelerate design cycles by allowing users to view, inspect and collaborate on 3D models in real-time.

Collaborators can don augmented reality (AR) headsets and enjoy a detailed view of design assets, with no room for miscommunication.

Use cases for 3D asset visualisation

1. Streamline global collaboration

They say the world is shrinking. But while the internet and video conferencing can speed up communication, they can't easily recreate the experience of working together on a 3D design. This means that, for product designers, the world remains very large indeed.

The problem is compounded when teams are spread across the country or working remotely from international locations. In situations like this, designers are left with two options.

Option one: you can send CAD files back and forth using the internet. But without instant feedback at your disposal, this opens up the potential for miscommunication. In turn, this can lead to errors, design delays and compliance risks.

Option two: bring everyone together into a meeting room to discuss the design in person. While this limits miscommunication, it presents challenges for organisations with remote workforces.

Travel costs can quickly ramp up, even for teams located in a single country. For international enterprises, it may be too much of a logistical and financial burden to even consider – hence why many design teams end up being siloed within a single geographical region.

This all changes with SimplyVideo. Our software combines ultra-reliable videoconferencing capabilities and real-time 3D asset visualisation to bring you a third option: truly collaborative remote CAD meetings.

SimplyVideo lets you bring designs from software to virtual meeting room in seconds. It connects designers and stakeholders, wherever they are, allowing for all voices to influence design decisions – not just those who happen to live near HQ.

This means travel costs are reduced or eliminated. It means feedback can happen more quickly, with less logistical hoop-jumping. And it means errors are less likely because all stakeholders can examine and interrogate designs in meticulous detail.

2. Eliminate the need for constant prototyping

All too often, design workflows are interrupted by a seemingly insurmountable obstacle: reality itself.

To truly understand a design, the thinking goes, you have to be able to see it. Touch it. Rotate it. Remove it from its intangible digital existence and place it within our lived reality.

In the old days, this would mean forging hand- or machine-made prototypes – sometimes for each iterative step of the design process. Nowadays, it more commonly means 3D-printing in-progress versions of a design.

Don't get us wrong – prototypes have value. So do digital simulations that help you understand how a design would perform in a real-world context.

But if you're prototyping for the sake of inspecting and collaborating on a design, SimplyVideo could speed up your design cycle considerably.

With its 3D asset visualisation feature, SimplyVideo lets you inspect a 3D model as if were there in the room with you. Need to focus on a particular aspect of the design? No problem – just rotate the model and everyone will see the point under discussion in perfect digital clarity.

You might still need to create prototypes at key design phases. But by streamlining digital collaboration, SimplyVideo eliminates the need for constant iterative prototyping. This means a faster, more proactive design cycle – with less downtime spent waiting for designs to be printed and refined.

3. Engage stakeholders in design and training processes

It's not just internal design teams that can take advantage of SimplyVideo's 3D asset visualisation feature. External stakeholders, such as clients and customers, can benefit too.

Let's say you're a manufacturer working on a new product design for a customer. SimplyVideo allows you to proactively involve the customer in design decisions through remote video collaboration. This can help keep projects on track and avoid the time and cost implications of design drift.

Or perhaps you work in architecture and want to deliver a rip-roaring client presentation. With SimplyVideo, you can do away with boring slides and captivate clients with an impressive and interactive 3D floor plan.

The feature has potential for training too. Imagine you're upskilling engineers on a new piece of machinery. Using SimplyVideo and XR headsets, you can supplement your usual training materials with rotatable 3D representations of key components.

With SimplyVideo, presentations become more engaging. Training gets faster and more effective. Remote collaboration stops acting as a substitute for in-person meetings and becomes an engine for productivity and cost savings.

Want to try it out for yourself? Here's how.

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It's easy to get started with SimplyVideo. Just sign up for a 30-day free trial and start exploring its remote-first features today.

Got questions? Have a particular use case in mind? Get in touch with one of our experts. We're always happy to discuss how our platform can solve problems and streamline collaboration.