How Astralink powers Augmented Reality utilizing Autodesk Forge

PR-header2
image source: Astralink

Forge is our application program interface (API) platform and supporting materials (sample code, manuals) as well as a community of developers who uses those APIs. Although Forge is intended for our customers and 3rd party developers to be able to use our web services, we use Forge for our development of the cloud-based services that we offer. Our Forge community can leverage Forge in the same ways that we do. Astralink is a member of the Forge community.

Astralink is a Quality Assurance platform for the construction industry, using Augmented Reality (AR) technology to bridge the gap between 3D digital blueprints (BIM models) and real-life construction field work. The platform actively prevents construction errors in real-time by comparing the actual construction state (as-built) and the BIM model throughout the building process. Based on computer vision technology, Astralink’s patent-pending solution is mobile, fast, and can be operated by…

Read more