>>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GOINSIDE INNOVATION BROUGHT TO YOUBY DMI.PROTOTYPING WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME AT ELKHART-BASED LIPPERTCOMPONENTS.THE RV COMPONENTS MANUFACTURERSAYS IT'S SWAPPING CLUNKY
TRADITIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTMETHODS FOR A STREAMLINEDAPPROACH: AUGMENTED REALITY.INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS REPORTER
KYLIE VELETA IS HERE NOW WITHMORE...>>KYLIE: THANKS, GERRY.LCI BELIEVES IT'S LEADING THE
WAY AS THE MANUFACTURINGINDUSTRY EXPLORES THE NEWTECHNIQUE TO ENVISION A PRODUCTBEFORE PRODUCING IT.
MICHAEL RUPCHOCK, LCI'S DIRECTOROF DIGITAL INNOVATIONS JOINS MENOW... ALONG WITH DOMINICKBILANCIO, LCI'S RV PRODUCT
MANAGER...IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOUBOTH ON.>> LET'S START FIRST OF ALL,PEOPLE THINK VIRTUAL REALITY AND
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT AUGMENTEDREALITY IS.TELL US WHAT THAT IS.>> VIRTUAL REALITY IS A FULLY
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE TYPICALLYSOMEONE HAS TO WEAR SOMETHING,GOGGLES OR SOMETHING THAT TAKESTHEN TO A FULLY VIRTUAL
ENVIRONMENT, WITH AUGMENTEDREALITY, WE ARE ENHANCING THENATIONAL VISION AND PUTTING 3DOBJECTS IN THEIR VISION OR A
HEADS UP DISPLAY YOUR DIRECTIONSOR ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION THATWILL HELP THE ENVIRONMENT THEYARE IN TO DO THEIR JOB BETTER.
>> YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS CALLEDLCI WORKBENCH SO DOMINIC,EXPLAIN HOW COMPARED TO THECONVENTIONAL METHODS OF
PROTOTYPING, HOW USING AUGMENTEDREALITY SAVES TIME AND MONEY.>> YOU ARE A PRODUCT MANAGERAND YOU WANT SOMETHING SIMILAR
TO WHAT WE ARE SITTING IN SO,YOU KNOW, THE SIZE SO YOU GIVEME THE SCHEMATIC TO ENGINEERINGAND THEY DRAW THEM AND WE HAVE
TO MAKE IT SO THAT TAKES TWOWEEKS AND MAYBE THEN TO VERIFYPRINTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, GETIT ASSEMBLED TAKES A WEEKEND YOU
ARE BUSY SO WE'LL TAKE MEANOTHER WEEK TO GET YOU BACK SOTHAT'S 4 WEEK SEEN YOU COME BACKAND SAY YOU DON'T LIKE THE DESK
WE START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVERAGAIN.SO NOW I COULD SPEND ANAFTERNOON TO GET SCHEMATICS
GROWN UP IN THE COMPUTER AND WECAN SHRINK IT REAL TIME AND GOBACK UPSTAIRS TO ENGINEERING ANDGROW AT A COUPLE OF FEET OR
SHRINK IT AND YOU CAN EXPERIENCEIT IN YOUR FLOORPLAN SO WHEN IRELEASE SOMETHING FOR THE FIRSTTIME YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN IT.
>> MUCH MORE STREAMLINED.>> MUCH MORE SELF.>> HOW COMMON IS THIS IN THEMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND ALSO
IN THE RV MANUFACTURINGINDUSTRY?>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF OURPEERS EVERY MONTH READ ARTICLES
OF BIG MANUFACTURING COMPANIESUSE IT TO DO PROTOTYPING ANDLAYOUTS, FACTORIES, USING IT TOENHANCE SALES AND MARKETING SO
IT'S BECOMING MORE COMMON INMANUFACTURING.AS FAR AS RV, I HAVE NOT HEARDOF ANYONE ELSE DOING IT.
>> AS FAR AS WE KNOW WE ARETHE ONLY PEOPLE IN RV USING THISTECHNOLOGY.>> TRAILBLAZERS.
>> COOL TO SAY THAT.>> HOW MANY CLIENTS ARE OPENTO USING THAT?>> EVERYBODY WANTS TO USE IT
AND IT'S LOW COST TO US AND LIKEI SAID BEFORE IT SPEEDS UP THEPROCESS FOR THEM SO WE ACTUALLYWILL ROLL THIS OUT WITH SEVERAL
NEW PRODUCTS WHERE THEY CANINSTEAD OF PHYSICALLY EXPERIENCEOUR PRODUCT THEY WILL BE ABLE TOAUGMENT ONLY EXPERIENCE THE
PRODUCT SO SALES WILL BE LINEDUP WITH HOLOLENS AND I CAN GO TOCUSTOMERS AND LOAD SOMETHING UPAND THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IT THERE
INSTEAD OF COMING ALL THE WAY TOOUR SHOP FOR ALL THE WAY TOMARKETING.>> AND MICHAEL A COUPLE
SECONDS LEFT, BUT YOU SAID THISIS JUST A TEASE AND THERE'S SOMUCH MORE TO COME.>> ANYTHING THE HUMAN EYE CAN
DO AUGMENTED REALITY CAN ENHANCETHAT OR IMPROVE THAT.AS THE TECHNOLOGY BECOMES MOREMATURE DEFINITELY EXPECT TO SEE
MORE FASCINATING APPLICATIONS INEVERY SECTOR MANUFACTURING,ENTERTAINING, SALES MARKETING