

They can also browse and download models from Trimble 3D Warehouse, or they can pull project files down from Trimble Connect, a cloud-based collaboration platform that now shares the same 3D graphics pipeline (software engine) as the latest SketchUp desktop application. In Tabletop, mode user can view models that have been “published” to their Hololens device via the newly launched AR/VR Extension for SketchUp Desktop. “SketchUp Viewer for Microsoft HoloLens can dramatically improve collaboration, decision making, efficiency, quality, and safety by giving users the unique ability to bring digital content into the real world, real-time as part of their current workflow.” Using This Technology

“We are thrilled to work with Trimble to deliver innovation to SketchUp, one of the most widely used applications in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations industry,” said Lorraine Bardeen, general manager of Microsoft HoloLens and Windows Experiences. MORE: AIA 2016: Architosh awards 5th ‘BEST of SHOW’ honors for software and technology vendors at AIA Philly Trimble SketchUp Viewer for Hololens offers the AEC industry thematic change for practice. Architosh awarded the beta level software for Hololens by Trimble at the 2016 AIA National Convention with a “BEST of SHOW award” in the Emergent Technology category, for its innovative approach within the overall context of the VR/AR movement. Microsoft HoloLens is the world’s first self-contained, holographic computer that provides a mixed-reality experience for a range of commercial and consumer applications. “With SketchUp Viewer, we are taking another big step toward delivering the ultimate experience for designers and their clients-the experience of inhabiting their own work.” World’s First HoloGraphic Computer Across the SketchUp platform, we are dedicated to the idea that technology should get out of the way of our users,” said Chris Keating, general manager of Trimble’s SketchUp. “Empowering people to design and communicate better in 3D is part of our DNA. For a late alpha it was working pretty amazingly and it stole the show at the Trimble SketchUp booth. 02 – Back at AIA National 2016 in Philly, Architosh experienced this technology when the company said it was a late alpha.
