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July 19, 2022

How can augmented reality help save the global manufacturing industry?

Seabery creates AR training programmes for new welders — a profession which is facing global talent shortages


Tim Smith

5 min read

Training welders is a pretty wasteful business. Aside from all of the man hours that go into the process, trainee welders need to use a lot of metal to practice on, which normally can’t then be used again. Using augmented reality (AR) to train welders, startup Seabery says it has saved an entire Golden Gate Bridge’s worth of metal since its founding in 2010. 

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Seabery’s AR welding gun, with simulated visuals seen by the user on the screen on the right
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A classroom of young trainee welders, from a Seabery promotional video
A classroom of young trainee welders, from a Seabery promotional video
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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