Embraer North America Partners with Canon U.S.A. to Propel the Future of Aircraft Manufacturing
June 09 2015 - 10:31AM
Business Wire
Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today
announced that the Canon MREAL System for Mixed Reality has been
chosen by Embraer North America to strategically leverage
engineering and design activities for the production of
next-generation aircraft. By combining the rich, visual information
of the real world and the flexibility offered by computer-generated
images, the Canon MREAL System for Mixed Reality will provide
Embraer engineers with the necessary solution to explore aircraft
designs in life-size scale and in three dimensions.
"Embraer has been using virtual reality in Brazil to create
digital prototypes and evaluate designs since 2000," says Humberto
Pereira, vice president, Engineering and Technology, Embraer. "But
our engineers in the U.S. will enjoy the next phase of this
philosophy, using the Canon MREAL System for Mixed Reality to
provide a more interactive, immersive and flexible experience."
With the help of the MREAL System, aviation designs can now be
examined, modified, manipulated, analyzed and presented with a
level of realism that allows complex ideas and plans to quickly
come to fruition.
“We are incredibly honored and excited to join Embraer in
establishing the future of Mixed Reality technology, demonstrating
the ways in which engineering and design can be achieved,” said
Junichi Yoshitake, senior vice president and general manager of
Business Imaging Solutions, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “This new
relationship is validation of how the Canon MREAL system can unlock
new possibilities and help the aerospace industry to implement
efficient workflows for the design and development of
tomorrow.”
The Canon MREAL technology will be a centerpiece of the new
Embraer Engineering and Technology Center in Melbourne, Florida.
This state of the art facility was built with a $24 million
investment from Space Florida, the aerospace and spaceport
development authority of the State of Florida, developed for the
purposes of fostering the growth and development of a sustainable
and world-leading space industry in Florida. Equipped with
forward-thinking technologies, the new technology center will
enable Embraer to transform the way they work, manufacture,
engineer and drive the future of aircraft design.
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