Virtual and Augmented Reality in Manufacturing Companies in Slovakia

Abstract

Virtual and augmented reality technologies are gaining a stable presence in many industries, while supporting the efficiency and productivity of individual business processes. Education, virtual prototyping, production system design, remote maintenance, digital twin scenario simulations, digital tutorials are areas in which these technologies have found their place and at the same time record visible development. These are solutions that shorten product development time, reduce prototyping costs, streamline training and assembly processes, and can be used as a decision support tool through simulations of various production scenarios. Slovakia, as a pre-developed country, has the ambition to implement modern technologies in industry and education. Reflecting on this strategy, the aim of our paper was to quantify and analyze the level of knowledge and interest in these technologies in Slovak manufacturing companies.