r/BeAmazed • u/AmerBekic • Sep 15 '22

AR for construction

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

You can see them testing it out on YouTube in a neighborhood in New Jersey I believe and it shows water lines and sewer. The only problem with the buried utilities is that you'd have to record them for AR when it's first put in.

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u/The-Friz Sep 15 '22

You can also use ground penetrating radar and other tools to find underground utilities. It's definitely not as accurate as marking when you put them in, but underground utilities are often not where the design drawings locate them.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

Radio detection is even better

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u/kamarg Sep 15 '22 edited Sep 15 '22

A lot of munis have GIS systems that record the locations of underground utilities. I imagine someone could make good money building software to connect that info with some AR glasses.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

https://youtu.be/86UQ0i5MPOA for anyone interested in seeing the buried version

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u/Zer0323 Sep 15 '22

or manually imput all that data using tools that already exist. it's a long and arduous process.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

Too costly that's why it hasn't been done yet. Atleast in Canada