Blurred lines: 3D, AR recast possibilities for furniture designers, manufacturers
Summary
As new technologies like 3D rendering and AI play an increasingly important role in the furniture industry, companies are tasked with continually assessing their impact and making plans for their cost-effective implementation. HIGH POINT – Until relatively recently, a furniture designer or manufacturer wishing to implement serious 3D rendering had to be willing to make ongoing investments in specialized hardware such as graphics workstations. Each of the software vendors in the field have a different approach to maintaining their platforms, but all strike a balance between three considerations when doing so: speed of rendering, ease of use and graphical fidelity. The fully cloud-based solution included a significant increase in rendering speed, but Stachowski said that post-release user feedback gave his company an insight that they immediately applied to the product. “And future proofing doesn’t mean that you are always having to invest in the newest tech; it means that you make smart investments in tech flexible enough that you can move wherever the world takes you.” Stachowski added that machine learning (ML) is the main AI-powered application that his company is concerning itself with in the immediate term, noting that ML has the potential to help designers account for product customizations on a scale that would have previously been unimaginable.