Ford using VR to design prototypes for their new cars

[MrDucco]

Elizabeth Baron ford's engineer was pictured several times using VR goggles with a controller to design a prototype in computer software, the engineer was also sitting in a simulator chair which was the cockpit of the car, could this be a massive step from clay modelling cars to inexpensive VR modelling and are other companies going to take the same step or have they already.

 

original article:

www.extremetech.com/extreme/185109-inside-ford-vitual-prototyping-lab-why-make-full-size-clay-cars-when-vr-will-do

[Aniallation]

"Why make full-size clay cars when VR will do?"

 

Why use expensive VR equipment when modelling it as a high-quality mod into a game will do?

[MrDucco]

My guess for the reason not using CAD on a computer is to be immersed into the model car, so it can be as close to the real thing as possible without actually building it, for long term use the VR equipment will be cheaper, pay for the initial cost from the VR equipment and that is pretty much it except from the possible maintenance.

[Eroda]

i think they still will make clay model but only once they have the design almost finalised, i mean it may look good in VR but in real life it might just not flow the way they expect

[MrDucco]

I agree they probably will do a final clay model to see if it is what they want but with the very early stage prototypes they probably would use the VR