ForgeX

Brief

ForgeX VR is a next-generation welding simulator designed exclusively for Meta Quest 2 & 3. Encompassing the four primary welding techniques, i.e., MIG, Fluxcore, Stick, and TIG, this ultra-realistic welding simulator replicates the nuances of industrial-grade welding with exceptional accuracy.

With detailed post-session analytics, this virtual training ground mirrors real-world conditions, metal plate types, and thicknesses.
ForgeX also offers aspiring tradespeople, vocational instructors, and skilled professionals a powerful training tool to understand the fundamentals and refine their knowledge. It combines immersive simulation with actionable feedback, creating a benchmark for users to gain critical insights between virtual and real-world welding.

Solution

The virtual setup of ForgeX eliminates the need for costly welding consumables such as metal plates, wires, and gases. With built-in analytics and feedback loops, ForgeX accelerates learning outcomes while offering flexibility for institutions, businesses, and individual users alike.

The platform integrates four essential welding techniques into a single, comprehensive system, enabling users to gain proficiency in multiple disciplines without switching apps. In addition, ForgeX provides immediate, detailed performance analytics after each session, offering users the opportunity to improve their technique through actionable feedback.

The repeatable nature of training scenarios removes space limitations, allowing training to occur anywhere through standardized instruction, even without access to physical workshops. This removes cost barriers by replacing real materials with digital assets, offering an experience that would be nearly impossible to replicate in a traditional setting.

UI/UX (Design)

An Immersive Interface Where Experience Begins

The design of ForgeX VR recreates the workshop environment where every digital choice becomes a physical experience, delivering interactions that feel intuitive, responsive, and fully immersive.

Minimalistic HUD: Important data such as weld speed, temperature zones, and torch angles are subtly integrated into the helmet’s AR interface, providing essential details without distraction.
Hands-On Interactions: Welders use virtual hands and tracked controllers to simulate exact torch movements, angles, and trigger pressure, closely replicating the tactile experience of real welding.
Training Dashboard: Users access a virtual control panel designed to select welding types, environments, metal plates, and review analytics in a workshop-style interface, offering full control and clarity.
Contextual Guidance: First-time users are intuitively guided through the experience with subtle holograms and voice prompts, ensuring intuitive learning without overwhelming the interface.
Session Reports: Post-weld evaluations are presented via immersive floating panels, displaying detailed metrics like weld length, porosity, arc control, and bead smoothness for continuous improvement.

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Development

Integrating Meta’s XR SDK with Unity 3D for Meta Quest 2 & 3, ForgeX VR was developed to enable advanced rendering and real-time performance tracking. Every aspect of the platform, especially the simulation modules, emulates the highest standards of tactile realism and educational integrity.

With GPU-based particle systems, shader-driven metal deformation, and custom arc visuals, ForgeX VR can use GPU-based particle systems, shader-driven metal deformation, and custom arc visuals.

Additionally, ForgeX offers four distinct welding types, each with its own unique mechanics and behaviors are fully supported by the platform. The backend performance tracking engine captures every user action, providing granular feedback on key metrics.

Its scalable, modular design ensures that future updates can easily be integrated. Meta’s haptic API guarantees that each movement with the welding gun is matched by corresponding vibrations, further enhancing immersion. This makes ForgeX an ideal solution for educational institutions and B2B partnerships.

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