The dynamic startup HEGIAS offers the world’s first automated and browser-based solution for visualization and communication with Virtual Reality (VR) for the planning, construction and real estate industries. The rapidly growing company was founded in 2017 and currently employs around 20 people at the two locations in Zurich and Lugano. “With Steiner AG, we have a strong partner at our side who supports us in realizing our growth ambitions,” says Patrik Marty, CEO of HEGIAS. Giuseppe Giglio, Chief Digital Officer at Steiner AG, adds: “The new virtual collaboration environment will enable everyone involved in the project to work on the same model at the same time and from any location.” This simplifies and accelerates previous processes and contributes to a significant reduction in errors.
Ajay Sirohi, CEO of the Steiner Group, is convinced that the cooperation will contribute to the long-term success of both companies: “The combination of HEGIAS’ digital expertise and our proven experience in the BIM and construction sectors enables us to jointly create tailor-made innovations for the market develop. With the first strategic partnership in the digital sector, we can expand our expertise in this area and actively help shape the future of the real estate industry. In the future, we are planning further collaborations with innovative start-ups in order to continue the digital transformation of our company and to grow sustainably in the field of future technologies.»
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Steiner AG enters into a strategic partnership with HEGIAS
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Implenia relies on virtual reality for Lokstadt-Areal
Implenia uses the advantages of virtual reality (VR) at the Lokstadt site in Winterthur. This is made possible thanks to a solution from the Zurich start-up Hegias . Right from the start, users were able to immerse themselves in the virtual plaster model of the area and walk through it from different perspectives.
Thanks to the solution, concerns of monument conservationists could also be quickly dispelled, writes Hegias in a press release. They initially had reservations about a new hotel, which should have shipping containers as a room. When the concept could be experienced virtually, they were convinced that the “valuable building fabric” would be preserved and that the halls would not be crammed full.
In addition, the VR solution is also useful for marketing real estate, according to the announcement. The spatial understanding and the experience of the residential property are essential drivers in the purchase decision. Implenia has already bought a license for the Hegias software. Now she wants to expand the use of the software.
"What was missing so far for the breakthrough of VR was user-friendly software that users can use anywhere without installation and without relevant programming knowledge," Anita Eckardt, head of the Specialties Division at Implenia and member of the management board, is quoted in the press release. "The start-up Hegias made this possible with the intuitively operable solution for VR applications – a real quantum leap."