Notes from the shop floor: observations on AR, AI, and industrial inspection — from customer production lines, product deep dives, and our research.https://spiral.technology/en-ushttps://spiral.technology/insights/inventor-in-2026-democratizing-computer-vision-for-the-shop-floor/https://spiral.technology/insights/inventor-in-2026-democratizing-computer-vision-for-the-shop-floor/How we combined mature technologies into a single mobile pipeline that compresses inspection setup from weeks to hours.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/update-on-roboscope-in-2026-same-ar-defect-registration-new-anchoring-approach/https://spiral.technology/insights/update-on-roboscope-in-2026-same-ar-defect-registration-new-anchoring-approach/Last year, Andriy Yeroshevych wrote about Roboscope’s journey from HoloLens to mobile. A lot has happened since. This is where the platform stands today.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/roboscope-designing-an-ar-platform-for-industrial-quality-control/https://spiral.technology/insights/roboscope-designing-an-ar-platform-for-industrial-quality-control/Roboscope began as a way to continue our HoloLens app Spector, which goal was to eliminate manual work during QC inspections in wind turbine blade manufacturing.Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/navigating-the-complexities-of-high-mix-low-volume-hmlv-inspection/https://spiral.technology/insights/navigating-the-complexities-of-high-mix-low-volume-hmlv-inspection/For the past 7 years, our team at Spiral Technology has worked on quality control solutions across industrial manufacturing — from aerospace composites and wind turbine blades to precision machine components andFri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/quality-where-work-happens/https://spiral.technology/insights/quality-where-work-happens/AVIS — Automated Visual Inspection SystemTue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/agile-quality-control-inspection-that-keeps-pace-with-production/https://spiral.technology/insights/agile-quality-control-inspection-that-keeps-pace-with-production/Configuration correctness checking — demonstration sampleMon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/the-roadmap-for-inspection-what-comes-next/https://spiral.technology/insights/the-roadmap-for-inspection-what-comes-next/As mobile and adaptable inspection systems become standard, the next step is intelligent, multimodal, and integrated solutions — transforming quality control from a compliance burden into a driver of speed and competitive advantage.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/navigation-and-minimap-in-mixed-reality-app/https://spiral.technology/insights/navigation-and-minimap-in-mixed-reality-app/NavigationThu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/marking-in-mixed-reality/https://spiral.technology/insights/marking-in-mixed-reality/At Spiral Technology, our mission is to enhance Mixed Reality by making it more intelligent, seamless, and engaging. Our project: Spector, an app designed for marking, labeling, and measuring in a mixed-reality world.Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/narrowing-down-the-use-case/https://spiral.technology/insights/narrowing-down-the-use-case/You think reality is straightforward? Think again. There are tons of them! Terminology might vary across different sources, but for the sake of clarity (and our sanity), let’s establish some kind of nomenclature. So,Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/developing-a-ui-in-mixed-reality-spot-panel/https://spiral.technology/insights/developing-a-ui-in-mixed-reality-spot-panel/Over the past few years, we at Spiral Technology have explored different ways to make the most of Mixed Reality, especially with the Hololens. The specific cases we’ve tested could be a story in itself, but for now,Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/we-put-data-from-the-real-world-into-ar/https://spiral.technology/insights/we-put-data-from-the-real-world-into-ar/External device integration in AR. Source: Spiral TechnologySun, 05 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/digital-grid-for-ultrasonic-testing/https://spiral.technology/insights/digital-grid-for-ultrasonic-testing/Virtual 1"x1" grid for UT scan. Source: Spiral TechnologyMon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/ndt-sensors-for-augmented-reality/https://spiral.technology/insights/ndt-sensors-for-augmented-reality/Testing digital gird in Hololens. Source: Spiral TechnologyMon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/augmented-reality-is-a-game-changer-for-nondestructive-testing/https://spiral.technology/insights/augmented-reality-is-a-game-changer-for-nondestructive-testing/Ultrasonic testing with Olympus 38DL and Hololens. Source: Spiral TechnologyMon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/what-is-industrial-ar-and-why-should-you-still-care-in-2024/https://spiral.technology/insights/what-is-industrial-ar-and-why-should-you-still-care-in-2024/AR concept, illustrative. Source: Spiral TechnologyMon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/can-you-digitize-quality-inspection-paperwork-in-aircraft-heavy-maintenance-in-2024/https://spiral.technology/insights/can-you-digitize-quality-inspection-paperwork-in-aircraft-heavy-maintenance-in-2024/lufthansa Technik Malta. Source: ShutterstockMon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/spatial-awareness-is-at-the-core-of-augmented-reality/https://spiral.technology/insights/spatial-awareness-is-at-the-core-of-augmented-reality/AR is changing the paradigm of indexing technical information.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/case-visual-measurement-guide/https://spiral.technology/insights/case-visual-measurement-guide/We were discovering the new case for aircraft parts manufacturing for the past two months.Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/reactor-platform-to-go-deeper-into-aviation/https://spiral.technology/insights/reactor-platform-to-go-deeper-into-aviation/Working for about eight months with the CFM-56 engine we’ve learned many of its components, maintenance operations, and standard procedures. It took several weeks to make the system scalable following the request to addSun, 22 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/mixed-reality-for-borescope-inspection/https://spiral.technology/insights/mixed-reality-for-borescope-inspection/In a nutshell, the application will help the engineer to cut through the ton of borescope pictures and videos captured during the inspection. The tool will visualise the location of the suspected damage helping to makeWed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTInsightshttps://spiral.technology/insights/reactor--mixed-reality-platform-for-aviation-maintenance/https://spiral.technology/insights/reactor--mixed-reality-platform-for-aviation-maintenance/Enabled with the object recognition it intertwines physical and digital worlds allowing the user to steer the virtual by changing the real.Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTInsights