Augmented Reality

Blog post: 12/10/2026 9:50 am

Author: Spark Team

Electrical isolation is one of the procedures facilities and MEP teams cannot afford to approach casually. Commercial buildings can contain numerous distribution boards, local isolators, control panels, automatic systems and interconnected mechanical services, making disciplined identification and isolation essential. Virtual Reality (VR) can provide facilities engineers with a controlled environment in which to rehearse a customer's approved electrical SOP before undertaking real work. Augmented Reality (AR), meanwhile, can help authorised engineers retrieve relevant asset information and procedural references beside the equipment itself.

Blog post: 07/10/2026 3:20 pm

Author: Spark Team

Electrostatic discharge can be difficult to teach because the underlying risk is frequently invisible to the operator. Bespoke VR can visualise how static charge is created and transferred while allowing employees to practise ESD-control SOPs, with AR providing point-of-work checks and guidance during sensitive manufacturing activities.

Blog post: 05/10/2026 3:21 pm

Author: Spark Team

Fire doors are one of the most visible examples of a safety-critical building asset that depends on repeated inspection, correct identification and consistent record keeping. A fire door may appear simple, but inspectors must consider multiple elements including closers, seals, glazing, hinges, gaps, damage and whether modifications have affected performance. For organisations managing large residential portfolios, the challenge is not simply knowing how to inspect a door. It is ensuring that the correct procedure is applied consistently across hundreds or thousands of individual assets. Bespoke VR and AR provide two complementary ways of strengthening these workflows.

Blog post: 05/10/2026 10:12 am

Author: Spark Team

Pressure vessels, pipework, compressors, steam systems and associated equipment are fundamental to chemical and petrochemical manufacturing. They also contain stored energy that must be understood and controlled before intrusive work begins. For operators and maintenance personnel, recognising pressure-system hazards is therefore not simply an engineering exercise. It is a core element of safe plant operation. VR can recreate pressure-related scenarios that would be difficult or inappropriate to reproduce physically, while AR can provide contextual information around live equipment.

Blog post: 02/10/2026 1:05 pm

Author: Spark Team

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities combine waste handling with complex industrial processes involving combustion, steam generation, emissions-control equipment, electrical systems and process automation. That creates a substantial training challenge. Operators must understand both routine operating procedures and abnormal situations, but practising the latter directly on a live plant can be expensive, disruptive or impossible. Virtual Reality can provide a safe digital environment in which these procedures can be rehearsed repeatedly.