Software Feature

Virtual Reality for Factory Planning – visTable®VR

Walk through factory layouts at full scale, detect planning errors early, and create a shared understanding of future layouts.

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VR application with a 3D model from the software visTable®touch

Virtual Factory Planning with visTable®VR

With visTable®VR you experience your digital factory model in an immersive 3D environment while planning is still in progress. Walk through production areas at full scale, check space conditions, sight lines, and material flows, and identify optimization potential early on.

As an integrated part of the visTable® software, visTable®VR uses your existing factory model without additional data export or separate VR applications. This turns your virtual factory into a shared planning and communication tool for project teams, management, and other stakeholders.

Experience factory layouts realistically

Walk through your virtual factory at full scale and assess space conditions, work areas, and paths before implementation.

Detect planning errors early

Identify collisions, unfavorable sight lines, or restricted accessibility as early as the planning phase.

Evaluate variants together

Present different layout concepts clearly and create a shared basis for decisions for project teams, management, and other stakeholders.

Increase planning reliability

Assess spatial relationships during the planning phase and make decisions based on a walkable digital factory model.

Functions of visTable®VR

Experience factory layouts before they become reality.

Virtual factory walkthroughs

Experience your factory layout at full scale and assess work areas, paths, and space conditions while planning is still in progress.

Current layout directly in VR

visTable®VR uses your current factory model from visTable®. Layout changes are immediately available for virtual walkthroughs without additional data export.

Evaluate production processes spatially

Check material flows, walking paths, and workflows from the perspective of future users and identify optimization potential early on.

Intuitive navigation

Move freely through your virtual factory and switch quickly between different areas, views, and planning scenarios.

Support for modern VR headsets

Use visTable®VR with OpenXR-compatible VR headsets such as Meta Quest or HP Reverb G2 and integrate virtual reality seamlessly into your planning process.

Presentations and reviews

Use virtual walkthroughs for project meetings, management reviews, and the coordination of new factory layouts.

How Digital Factory Planning Works with VR

With visTable®VR, virtual reality becomes an integrated part of your planning process – from layout planning to joint decision-making.

2D Layout

Plan your factory layout in visTable® and create the basis for your virtual factory.

3D Model

Your layout is automatically displayed as a spatial factory model – no additional modeling or data conversion required.

Layout in VR

Walk through your virtual factory, check space conditions, compare planning variants, and identify optimization potential early on.

Presentation and Decision

Present your planning clearly, involve project stakeholders early, and create a solid basis for joint decisions.

Experience your factory realistically – before it exists.

Immersive Walkthrough: Experience Your Virtual Factory

With visTable®VR you experience halls, lines, transport routes, and workstations as if they were already built. Virtual factory planning reveals whether paths are too narrow, sight lines are blocked, or work areas are planned too tightly. This helps you avoid high costs from later modifications.

Walk through layouts at 1:1 scale

Spot paths, distances, and bottlenecks immediately

Check processes and workstations realistically

testing-out-visTable®-virtual-reality-software — Two colleagues at an office working on virtual reality software visTable®

This is how factory planning with VR becomes collaborative, transparent, and efficient.

Improve Teamwork: Make Decisions Faster

visTable®VR solves a central problem of factory planning: differing ideas among planners, managers, and employees. In VR, everyone sees exactly the same layout and the same processes – clear, understandable, and without interpretation.

Complex layouts understandable for everyone

Communication without technical barriers

Fewer coordination errors in the project team

Who Is visTable®VR For?

The virtual factory offers direct value for every role in factory planning, from planners and lean teams to management. visTable®VR is one of the most accessible solutions among virtual factory software, enabling everyone involved to understand layouts, paths, and processes realistically and make decisions faster.

Production Managers

Detect weak points at machines, work zones, or paths early on.

Factory Planners & Industrial Engineers

Validate layout variants realistically and reduce planning loops.

Executives & Stakeholders

Make decisions faster thanks to intuitive, immersive visualizations.

visTable®VR creates clarity for everyone, regardless of technical background.

Lean Managers

Identify waste and improve paths, processes & ergonomics.

External Partners

Understand layouts without CAD or technical specifications.

“Cold-storage walls are arranged so that they not only meet architectural and structural requirements but also make sense from a production point of view.”

Felix Riedel

Operational Excellence

Step into your factory before it is built

Use VR actively for your factory planning

visTable®VR is part of the visTable® software and enables virtual factory walkthroughs without data export or additional VR software.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Virtual Factory Planning

What is a virtual factory?

A virtual factory is the digital, walkable model of a real or planned factory. In visTable®VR, layouts, machines, paths, and processes can be experienced and checked at full scale.

What are the benefits of a virtual factory?

You detect errors, bottlenecks, and risks before they cause costs. Decisions are made faster because everyone involved sees the same virtual environment.

Which VR headsets are supported?

Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, HP Reverb G2, and headsets that support OpenXR/SteamVR.

Can I use visTable®VR with Meta Quest?

Yes – via Quest Link, Air Link, or Virtual Desktop.

Are layout changes shown directly in VR?

Yes. visTable®VR loads the active visTable® layout and shows changes immediately after reloading.

Do I need CAD skills for VR?

No. VR is designed precisely to help non-planners understand the factory.

Can I meet other people in VR?

Currently not in a shared multi-user session, but several people can experience the same VR view one after another.

What hardware do I need?

A VR-capable graphics card (e.g. Nvidia RTX 3070 or better), Windows 10/11, and a compatible headset.