Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

80% of manufacturers expected to use VR for customer experience by 2020

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 5, 2017

A survey of senior marketing executives from the manufacturing and high tech engineering sectors has suggested that Virtual Reality (VR) will be of huge importance for customer experience by 2020.…

Never lose a good idea again with the new Wacom Bamboo

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 5, 2017

//giphy.com/embed/BJ99xbWf5Pagw Wacom has launched its latest Bamboo tool to keep your scribbles, sketches and notes organised and available anywhere with its new small version of the Bamboo Folio smartpad. The…

XYZ looks to cure all with its new desktop chamber for SLA parts

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 5, 2017

XYZ’s options for UV curing SLA 3D printed parts on your desktop Adding to its growing range aimed at professionals, XYZprinting has launched a curing chamber for SLA and DLP…

Design Council Spark makes final call for 2017 bright ideas

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 6, 2017

The call for entries is open, with a huge pot of development money, experience and advice available to 15 lucky entrants Entries are open for Design Council Spark 2017, a…

Weekender // Magnificent folding machine turns 30

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 6, 2017

A cult favourite around the world, the Strida folding bicycle | Image via @LaiWaiShing Two wheels, three tubes, three joints and a low maintenance drive belt. The simplicity of the…

WATCH // Common mistakes of entrepreneurs in hardware start-ups and innovation trends

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 6, 2017

As an experienced VC at Highland Capital, Sean Dalton looks at some of the most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs setting out into the cut and thrust world of hardware…

Insta360 Pro 8k 3D camera to take pro VR and viz further into realism

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 9, 2017

8k 360 cameras are already here with Insta360’s new Pro model Insta360’s new Pro camera is capable of capturing 60-megapixel 360-degree 8k 3D stills, giving professionals real life detail for…

Latest JT translator for Catia launched by Theorem

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 9, 2017

Theorem’s latest release, V19.3, enables the Catia users to create a JT representation of their data The release of the latest CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE to JT translator, from Theorem’s Visualize 3D…

Formlabs celebrates its ceramics at CES

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 9, 2017

Formlabs has announced its latest resin for 3D printing ceramic parts, allowing the creation of structures and complex geometries not possible with traditional ceramic fabrication techniques. The resin is the…

Prototype helping ExoMars rover to tackle terrain

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 11, 2017

The ExoMars rover is set to land on the red planet in 2021 Sending a planetary landing craft to Mars is hard enough, but how do you test how it…