Virtual reality versions of built environments are a valid platform for testing users’ response to designs, according to new research from Sweden.

Contractor and utilities firm Falco has started using virtual reality in Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) driver training.

Mace director of innovation Matt Gough turns the lens to the future, pondering which areas of the industry look set to be most widely embraced over the next five to ten years.

The combination of virtual reality and the project’s digital twin could lead to HS2 maintenance engineers solving real world problems virtually.

Running a fully digital operation thanks to some affordable apps and innovative thinking has helped Shoreditch-based architectural practice White Red Architects grow.