Industrial worlds, and simulators make great contributions to the sphere of virtual worlds, themselves. In this section, we look at the leading edge of simulation, and how it's slowly changing the world all around.
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3D printing failures shared online
Seven catastropic failures are visually depicted by this BBC article. Each failure accompanied by blurb explaining what it was supposed to be, as well as where, and more imprtantly why it went wrong. It serves as a good reminder of how young this technology still is, and how frustrating it can be, for even expert users to produce 3D printed objects successfully with the way things currently stand.
Magic Symbol and Video Conferencing: Expert Help Over Distance
 A rudimentary but workable system using magic symbol codes and augmented reality to put an end to hellish support calls. Now, via a videoconference even over a cellphone, the person on the other end can see and work with the hardware causing the problem.
Safety Simulations benefit from Manufacturing Simulations
 Even the most vigorous, modern crash test simulation, with all known variables accounted for, can be wrong. Sometimes these differences are unavoidable with the computational power limitations of the simulation computers, sometimes its another, unforeseen cause.
This book is dedicated to both virtual reality and augmented reality, as in how both apply to the manufacturing process. Everything from 3D visualisation and pre-manufacture prototyping to 3D printers and revolutionising the manufacture process.
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Firefighting Robot Waldoes
 It has been tried before, with limited success. Sending robots into a burning building, or blazing refinery, to scout out the situation and report back on the hotspots. The robots just haven't been nimble enough, or when they were nimble, not able to cope with the temperature of burning paper for long periods of time before going offline.
Created by a South Korean company better known for its cleaning robots, the DRB Fatec firefighter's helper robot, which resembles a tank more than a little bit, is a versatile search and reconnaissance robot designed to head into blazing fires and examine the area before any lives are sent in.
This tiny little waldo - it is entirely radio controlled and has no AI of its own - has been designed by South Korean firm Hoya Robot, to charge into a burning building, and reconnoiter the area ahead of fire-fighters.
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