Can VR Collaboration Find Problems Earlier To Save $280 Billion+ In Construction Waste – Nic Fonta

The Tech Glow Up - Fabulous conversations with innovative minds. • January 29, 2026 • Solo Episode

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Nic Fonta leads XR at Autodesk, where architects, engineers, and designers collaborate in virtual reality to catch design problems before construction begins. The math is stark: $280 billion spent globally every year on rework and material waste on construction sites because of poor communication and misalignment. Workshop XR (autodesk.com/workshopxr) , Autodesk's immersive collaborative platform, lets teams put on VR headsets and walk through their designs at full scale before a single brick...

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