Automotive industry
A tier-one automotive supplier trains twice as fast
Autonomous operator training, guided in augmented reality on the real equipment.
Result: training speed doubled.
Automotive, truck and agricultural machinery after-sales
New models, electrification: your whole network trained, with less travel.
Manufacturers’ and dealer networks’ technical academies: your trainers pass on the procedure in a few minutes, on the real vehicle or machine; each technician follows it in augmented reality, in their own language. Nothing is hosted by the software publisher: your technical data stays with you.
- 100% offlineIn every workshop in the network: no connection required, artificial intelligence included.
- No data held by the software publisherNothing is hosted by SHIFT89 and the software requires no online account.
- Hands-freeUnder the vehicle or in the engine compartment: the instruction is displayed on the vehicle, both hands stay on the tool.
Your challenges
Some of the most sought-after technicians, technologies that keep changing.
Mechanics in high demand
Vehicle mechanics and body repairers are among the hardest profiles to recruit.
Technicians too
Vehicle maintenance technicians and supervisors are hard to recruit as well.
Agricultural machinery
The distribution and repair of agricultural machinery rely on SMEs, which hire and train every year.
Electrification
Electric and hybrid vehicles are arriving in workshops: new procedures to learn, fast.
Dispersed networks
Every new model must be known in every workshop in the network: train fast, everywhere, without multiplying your trainers’ trips.
Training a lot of people, fastWhat SHIFT89 changes
The tutorial ready when the model arrives, in every workshop and every language.
What the trainer, the technician and the academy manager experience.
100% offline
In every workshop, offline: your technical data stays with you, nothing held by the software publisher.
Learn moreHands-free
Under the vehicle, in the engine compartment: the instruction is displayed on the vehicle, both hands stay on the tool.
Learn moreA few minutes
Your trainers create on the vehicle, one minute per instruction: the tutorial is ready when the model arrives.
Learn moreOffline AI
In the language of each technician in the network, translated and read aloud by an artificial intelligence that runs on your computer.
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Use cases
From the academy to the workshop.
Launch of a new model
The new model’s interventions passed on to the network before the first vehicles come into the workshop.
Electric vehicles
The procedures for making the vehicle safe shown on the vehicle; the tutorial does not replace the authorisations required to carry out the work.
Diagnostics
The diagnostic steps recalled on the vehicle, when they are carried out.
Agricultural machinery
Maintenance and repair procedures learned on the machine, in the workshop.
Trucks
Truck workshop interventions, passed on by your best technicians.
Apprentices
Apprentices guided on the real vehicle, at their own pace, without tying up a mentor for every step.
The difference
What a phone, a tablet or an online platform impose on the workshop.
Every tool has its strengths. Here is what these approaches impose by nature, and what we do differently.
- Other approachesFilming an intervention on a phone means one hand fewer to do it.Then filming, editing, and a file to keep under control.With SHIFT89The expert passes on the task while doing it, hands-free.One minute per instruction; nothing leaves the site.
- Other approachesA tablet resting on the wing means eyes leaving the vehicle.You read, turn around, look for where to act.With SHIFT89The instruction is displayed on the vehicle, right where action is needed.Eyes on the task, both hands on the tool.
- Other approachesAn online platform keeps your technical data on its servers.By design: a connection, an account, data held by the software publisher.With SHIFT89Your technical data stays with you.No network to open, no online account, nothing held by us.
What we equip
Your trades, in your words.
- Technical academy
- A tutorial created once by your trainers, available across the whole network.
- Vehicle mechanic
- The expert’s procedure, reviewed on the vehicle before the intervention.
- Vehicle maintenance technician
- Diagnostics and rare interventions, guided step by step.
- Body repairer
- The steps and points to watch shown on the vehicle.
- Electrical authorisations
- The tutorial prepares and rehearses making the vehicle safe; it does not replace the authorisations required to carry out the work.
Our hardware advice
The right equipment for your use, not the latest fad.
As former industry professionals, we advise you as we would have advised ourselves: the device suited to your constraints, your uses and your budget. Only operational solutions, proven in real conditions.
The operating range
Academies, workshops and training centres are the natural settings. Outdoor work and cold require a case-by-case assessment: we tell you what is possible before, not after.
With your protective equipment
Gloves, safety glasses, workwear: we check with you, workstation by workstation, that the device can be worn with your protective equipment.
Your budget
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
What our deployments have measured.
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.
- 1 minTo create an instructionBy the expert, on the real equipment, with no writing or editing (measured in our deployments)
- × 2Train twice as fast, autonomouslyMeasured in our deployments, at a tier-one automotive supplier
- ÷ 5Trainers and mentors tied up5 times fewer, measured in our deployments
Deployment
8 trainers operational after one day
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.
They trust us
- A tier-one automotive supplier
- A food industry manufacturer
- A manufacturer of measuring instruments
- A manufacturer of industrial components
For confidentiality, we only name a customer with their written consent.
Funding and procurement
Simple purchasing.
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.
Licences on quotation
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.
One day to get started
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
Your questions.
Our workshops are small. Is it for them?
The project is built first in your academies and training centres; the tutorials created there then serve the network workshops that equip themselves.
Our models’ technical data is confidential. What does SHIFT89 see?
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.
Our networks speak several languages. What can we do?
Each instruction is translated and read aloud in the learner’s language by an artificial intelligence that runs on your computer, offline. You review and adjust it in a few minutes.
Does the tutorial count as authorisation?
No. It trains the procedure and tells you who has completed what; the authorisations required to carry out the work remain governed by your country’s rules.
HoloLens 2 is no longer manufactured, and its security updates continue until December 2027 for connected devices. What happens to the investment?
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.
Every new model, known in every workshop.
A 30-minute to 2-hour demo, on one of your vehicles.
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