Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Silhouette Eyewear dons shades for bright future

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 22, 2019

A fashion staple since the 1960s, Austrian eyewear firm Silhouette continues to develop its own cutting-edge designs and technologies. Stephen Holmes hears how new products blend its past and future,…

IKEA’s Democratic Design Days 2019 adds new products & collaborations with a view to a better world

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 4, 2019

IKEA’s Democratic Design Days (DDD) have been a low-key launch of various new designs and collaborations for a few years now, with this year bringing the scope of a new…

Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion join forces for virtual interaction

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 5, 2019

Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion, both leaders in mid-air haptics, contactless interfaces and hand tracking technologies, have announced a deal that will combine their expertise with hope of making the technology…

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Unreal update 1

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 5, 2019

Designers will now be able to ray trace every part of their scene in V-Ray from their native Unreal project materials thanks to new support featured in V-Ray for Unreal…

Ansys 2019 R2 arrives packed with new features

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 5, 2019

Natural Frequency study of an engine block done in Ansys 2019 R2 From ideation to design to manufacturing and operations, Ansys 2019 R2 is aiming to accelerate, streamline and simplify…

Pay-as-you-print with HP Jet Fusion means shift from prototypes to production for Design Reality

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 6, 2019

Based in North Wales, design consultancy Design Reality has spoken of how it has been able to offer a more end-to-end product development process by brining new Additive Manufacturing technology…

Xact Metal enters UK market with two SLS 3D printers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 13, 2019

The XM200S and XM200C machines from Xact Metal both offer a 127 x 127 x 127mm build chamber for metals 3D printing, and are now available in the UK via…

Ansys and BMW partner for an autonomous vehicle technologies simulation tool chain

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 13, 2019

BMW’s concept iNext could be among the first vehicles to benefit from the partnership BMW Group has announced it is leveraging Ansys’ engineering simulation solutions and experience to help speed…

Leica launch new BLK2GO mobile spatial 3D scanner

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 13, 2019

Those readying the factories of the future or simply trying to better plan out their workspaces should probably take note of the latest handheld 3D scanner from Hexagon’s Leica Geosystems.…

PTC moves to the cloud with Windchill on Microsoft Azure

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 20, 2019

PTC’s strategic alliance with Microsoft has ramped up a notch by delivering its Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution on Microsoft Azure. Through the new software-as-a-service offering of Windchill on…