Augmented Reality

Blog post: 23/10/2026 10:46 am

Author: Spark Team

Fire and life-safety systems are designed to protect people when normal building operations fail. For facilities teams, that creates a particular training challenge: the procedures matter enormously, yet opportunities to practise realistic building-wide incidents are naturally limited. Virtual Reality (VR) can recreate fire alarms, system faults and emergency conditions without disrupting an occupied building. Augmented Reality (AR) can then support day-to-day inspection and maintenance by helping authorised staff identify assets and retrieve relevant information at the point of work.

Blog post: 22/10/2026 9:56 am

Author: Spark Team

Commissioning a new hydrogen facility can involve thousands of individual checks across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and safety systems. Accurate documentation and disciplined procedures are therefore essential. Augmented Reality offers an opportunity to present relevant information directly against the physical asset, while VR can prepare commissioning personnel for the facility and its procedures before they arrive on site.

Blog post: 20/10/2026 1:36 pm

Author: Spark Team

Semiconductor equipment maintenance involves complex combinations of mechanical, electrical, vacuum, plasma, gas and control systems. Bespoke VR allows technicians to practise maintenance procedures away from production tools, while bespoke AR can deliver task-specific instructions and expert knowledge at the equipment itself.

Blog post: 19/10/2026 3:07 pm

Author: Spark Team

One of the fastest ways to expand the clean-energy workforce is not necessarily to create entirely new occupations. It is to help experienced tradespeople apply existing skills to new technologies. The IEA has specifically highlighted the potential for established plumbers and electricians to upskill into areas such as heat pumps and solar PV. However, an experienced electrician or heating engineer still needs familiarity with new system architectures, commissioning procedures, controls and fault conditions. Bespoke VR and AR can help bridge that gap.

Blog post: 16/10/2026 1:49 pm

Author: Spark Team

The external envelope of a high-rise building can contain thousands of components spread across an area that is costly and difficult to access. Façade panels, glazing, fixings, seals, fire-stopping interfaces and other components may require inspection while engineers work at height using specialist access systems. This makes high-rise façade work a strong candidate for immersive technology. Bespoke Virtual Reality can allow personnel to rehearse inspection routes, access procedures and defect identification before working at height. Augmented Reality can then help authorised personnel connect physical façade locations with approved drawings, historical records and inspection information.