Virtalis Reach: Empowering Advanced Collaboration for Greater Success
At the heart of Virtalis Reach is the belief that advanced collaboration leads to greater success for organisations. This powerful visualisation platform is designed to bring colleagues, partners, and suppliers together, enabling them to work closely on complex products from anywhere in the world. Reach is accelerating the product development lifecycle while supporting the shift to remote working, making it easier for teams to collaborate effectively, no matter where they are.
The latest updates and enhancements to Virtalis Reach are directly shaped by customer feedback, ensuring that collaborative sessions are even more productive, personal, and seamless.
Enhanced Collaboration Modes for Better Communication
New features have been added to improve communication between remote participants, making it easier for dispersed teams to work together and stay connected. These include:
1. Comment Threads
Participants can now create and contribute to comment threads within the visualisation, allowing for back-and-forth discussions about specific sections. This feature makes it easier for users in different time zones to follow the conversation and stay up-to-date on what has been discussed.
2. View Perspective
For a more insightful collaborative experience, the new view perspective feature enables users to view the exact camera position and orientation of the comment author at the time they left their note. This ensures that all participants have a clear understanding of the context behind each comment.
3. Version History
With the addition of version history, users can now view the publication history of the visualisation and easily open earlier revisions if necessary. This helps maintain transparency and provides a better understanding of how the project has evolved over time.
New Features for Seamless Integration and Control
The latest update to Virtalis Reach introduces new tools designed to provide greater control and flexibility, particularly when working with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
1. Integration with Siemens Teamcenter PLM
A new integration with Siemens Teamcenter gives users enhanced control over how different visualisations are published to various projects. Users can now automate the publishing of visualisation updates based on existing Teamcenter workflows, revision rules, and PLM XML export, streamlining the entire product development process.
2. User Selection Visibility
In real-time collaborative sessions, the selection made by each participant is now visible to everyone. The highlight colour matches the avatar’s helmet colour, making it easier to follow which objects or sections are being discussed during group reviews.
3. Configurable Navigation Speed
Recognising the need for different navigation speeds depending on the scale of the scene, this release introduces a slider in the settings panel that allows users to adjust the navigation speed. This feature ensures a more tailored experience for navigating scenes of varying complexity.
New Device Support: Hololens 2 Integration
With the latest update, the Hololens 2 (HL2) has been validated as a basic "see-through" viewer, expanding the accessibility of Virtalis Reach to mixed reality users. This enhancement allows teams to work in an augmented reality environment, blending physical and virtual elements for an even more immersive experience.
A Closer Look at Virtalis Reach’s New Features
These new features make Virtalis Reach a more robust platform for organisations looking to enhance their collaborative capabilities and improve product development workflows. From version history to integrated PLM control, these updates aim to make collaboration simpler and more efficient for all users.
Want to see these new features in action? Request a demo with one of our experts to explore how Virtalis Reach can bring value to your organisation and transform the way you collaborate on complex projects.