In this first release of Futurities 2025, the Spotlight shifts gears from the fantastical to the firmly tangible, exploring how virtual, augmented, and mixed realities—collectively known as XR—are making a serious impact beyond the realm of gaming. No longer just a novelty, these technologies are now powerful tools in the engineering and industrial sectors, streamlining design processes, enhancing data interaction, and refining business operations. With applications ranging from aerodynamic modelling to geospatial analysis and workflow optimization, XR is not just reshaping how we visualize the world—it’s redefining how we build it. Welcome to the era of Real Virtuality.
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special issue
This Special Issue of Futurities is fully dedicated the value chain of Additive Manufacturing, including several pieces from different specialists in the AM sector, going from the powder experts, to the manufacturers and the AM quality control professionals, looking at this growing market from different perspectives and presenting various types of 3D printing processes and materials for industrial production.
additive manufacturing
special issue
This publication is a collection of papers addressing different industrial sectors and covering applications ranging from lubrication of transmissions, cooling of engines, prevention of aquaplaning, and fire extinguishing, to the electrification of mobility solutions and the study of snow drifts.
Particleworks
special issue
A special edition highlights how modeFRONTIER has impacted many industries: indeed you will be amazed by how many familiar everyday products have benefitted from this approach.
modefrontier
special issue
The Oil&Gas Industry encompasses a wide range of diverse and highly demanding environments which pose a continued and varied stream of relevant issues and problems to solve.
Oil&Gas Industry