Luxury and fine crafts
Leather goods, jewellery, crystal, cabinetmaking: your artisans pass on their skills while they work, in a few minutes; the learner finds them on the piece, guided in augmented reality. No phone on the bench, no video in the cloud: your know-how stays within your walls, 100% offline.
We don’t know what our customers do, and we don’t need to know.Emmanuel Bricard, co-founder.
Your challenges
It takes years of practice in a company to become a jeweller, a leather craftsman or a couturier.
Decorative woodwork and furniture, leather and clothing trades: recruiting artisans remains difficult.
Craft skills are passed on first from artisan to apprentice, in the workshop. The tool extends this transmission; it does not replace it.
Counterfeiting is costly for luxury houses. Your techniques and methods are a heritage.
Secrets to protectWhat SHIFT89 changes
What the experienced artisan, the learner and the person in charge of skills transmission experience.
No phone on the bench, no video in the cloud: your know-how stays within your walls, nothing held by the software publisher.
Learn moreThe artisan passes on skills while working; the learner learns on the piece. Hands stay on the workpiece.
Learn moreYour artisans have no time to waste: one minute per instruction, with no writing, no filming, no editing.
Learn moreGuided self-inspection, quality criteria shown at the workstation, validation quiz: you track who has mastered which technique.
Learn moreUse cases
Splitting, skiving, gluing: the preparation steps shown on the real piece, in the right order.
Flat or post-bed machine stitching, hand stitching: the experienced artisan’s technique, reviewed as often as needed before trying it.
Edge painting, edge turning: the sequence of steps and the points to watch recalled on the piece.
Quality criteria shown where they matter, checked by a quiz.
Setting, filing, polishing: workstation preparation, sequence of operations and inspection, shown at the bench.
Opening a workshop means training many artisans at once: your best people’s skills, passed on to everyone without tying them up each time.
The difference
Every tool has its strengths. Here is what these approaches impose by nature, and what we do differently.
What we equip
The tutorial trains the technique; it awards no professional title or diploma, and does not replace the eye of the artisan who passes it on.
Our hardware advice
As former industry professionals, we advise you as we would have advised ourselves: the device suited to your workshop, your protective equipment and your budget. Only solutions proven in real conditions.
A device that leaves a clear view of the piece: depending on use, lighter and more affordable glasses may be suitable.
For tasks performed under magnification, the tutorial supports preparation and inspection, not the technique itself.
Just the hardware you need for your workstations and teams: neither the latest fad nor a cheaper but unreliable solution.
Turnkey: we configure each device and fit it with the necessary accessories, so that it works in your environment and with your constraints. What we prepare
Works on: Microsoft HoloLens 2, Arvicom CART-S, Samsung Galaxy XR, VITURE Luma Ultra XR, XREAL Aura and VIVE Eagle, and soon Arvicom CART-3D. Your content does not depend on a device.
Measured results
Figures measured during our deployments, a method validated by 5 industrial PhD theses and evaluated against Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides in a study published at IEEE ISMAR 2022.
Industrial research
Our method stems from work carried out with Institut Mines-Télécom in a boiler manufacturing plant. It was compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides.
Result: a study published at IEEE ISMAR 2022, the leading international conference on augmented reality.
Deployment
In our deployments, one day of training is enough: trainers create their first tutorial that same afternoon, then work on their own from the next day.
Result: 8 trainers operational at D+1.
For confidentiality, we only name a customer with their written consent.
Funding and procurement
An off-the-shelf solution, on quotation. It is up to the buyer to qualify their purchase, according to the rules that apply to them.
One licence per device, glasses or headset, with volume discounts, and one licence for the PC application. Your choice: annual licences, multi-year licences or licences for the lifetime of the hardware. A quotation based on your project.
A one-hour scoping session by video call, one day on site with up to 8 of your experts, then standard project management. Additional support days when your project requires them.
Frequently asked questions
Nothing. Everything runs offline, on your devices and workstations: SHIFT89 hosts none of your data and the software requires no online account. The artificial intelligence (transcription, translation, voice) also runs on your computer.
It does not replace the artisan who passes it on: it shows the technique on the workpiece, to review as often as needed, and lets the experienced artisan focus on what only they can correct. For tasks performed under magnification, it supports preparation and inspection.
Yes. The tool requires no IT skills: a one-hour scoping video call, one day on site with your trainers, then standard project management. The further you are from digital, the more you stand to gain.
It trains the technique, on the real piece. It awards neither the title nor the diploma, and does not replace assessment.
One minute per instruction, a few minutes for a tutorial, on the real equipment, while doing the task. No writing, no filming, no mandatory editing, no contractor.
At SHIFT89, we support HoloLens 2 until at least the end of 2030, so you can use your investment for longer. #AugmentedTraining needs no connection to work: your HoloLens 2 headsets can therefore be disconnected from Wi-Fi, for maximum security.
Your content does not depend on one device: several augmented-reality glasses and headsets are compatible. We advise you, completely independently, on the one that suits your working conditions and your budget.
All content created with #AugmentedTraining on HoloLens 2 can be reused, without being redone, on the new glasses and headsets we support.
A 30-minute to 2-hour demo, on one of your techniques.
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