Introducing FME Realize: A New Era of Spatial Computing and AR
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A new era for the FME Platform has arrived – and it’s taking data into the real world. Meet FME Realize: marking a new chapter in how organizations connect digital information with the physical environment around them. With the addition of FME Realize, FME has evolved into an All-data, Any-AI Spatial Computing Platform. FME Realize brings spatial computing, augmented reality (AR), and the full power of FME to mobile teams: making it easy to visualize, interact with, and update data right in the field. From infrastructure management to asset inspections, you can put any data into real-world context, instantly. Join us to discover how spatial computing, powered by FME, enables digital twins, AI-driven insights, and real-time field interactions: all through an intuitive no-code experience. In this one-hour webinar, you’ll: -Explore what FME Realize includes and how it fits into the FME Platform -Learn how to deliver real-time AR experiences, fast -See how FME enables live, contextual interactions with enterprise data across systems -See demos, including ones you can try yourself -Get tutorials and downloadable resources to help you start right away Whether you’re exploring spatial computing for the first time or looking to scale AR across your organization, this session will give you the tools and insights to get started with confidence.
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Introducing FME Realize: A New Era of Spatial Computing and AR
- 2. Don Murray CEO Dmitri Bagh Scenario Creation Analyst, AR Product Strategist Meet the Presenters
- 3. Welcome to Livestorm. A few ways to engage with us during the webinar: Audio issues? Click this for 4 simple troubleshooting steps.
- 4. How to download slides 1. Hover over the slide deck in the webinar room 2. Click this button
- 5. Agenda 1 Introduction 2 How to Get Started with FME Realize: Author, Deliver, Experience 3 Endless Possibilities with FME Realize 4 Conclusion 5 Resources & Next Steps 6 Q&A Agenda
- 6. Poll: How familiar are you with spatial computing?
- 7. Poll: Have you used FME for mobile or field-based workflows before?
- 9. Today, the Field Worker is Disconnected. Decisions are made on-site, but the data they need is trapped on a desktop.
- 10. Missed Opportunity You have powerful spatial data – digital twins, 3D models, real-time sensors. But when that data is trapped in corporate systems : ● Opportunity is lost ● Productivity suffers ● Insights are missed
- 11. What if you could experience your data. Live and in the real world? ● Not in charts ● Not in dashboards. ● But in the actual world where the data lives.
- 12. A New Way to Experience Your Data FME Realize Introducing
- 13. • FME Realize completes the FME Spatial Computing Platform. • See, understand, and interact with your data in the real world. • Powered entirely by FME Form and FME Flow. Augmented reality for the FME Platform FME Realize:
- 14. Powered by the FME All-Data, Any-AI Platform Experience Spatial Computing. with FME Form. 1.Author with FME Flow. 2. Deliver with FME Realize. 3. Experience
- 16. 1. Author workspace in FME Form 2. Deliver with FME Flow Experience in FME Realize From Data to Workspaces to Experience. Seamlessly. Data flows between Flow and Realize deliver a complete data Experience
- 17. The only All-Data, Any-AI Platform. FME Form FME Flow All Data workflows are built here. Brings life to FME Form workflows FME Flow Hosted SaaS version of FME Flow fme.safe.com/platform FME Enterprise Integration Platform Safe & FME FME Realize Experience your data where it matters most. In context
- 18. 2 How to Get Started with FME Realize
- 19. Before we begin Quick look at what we want to create with our workspace(s): ● Transform geometry based on attributes (and see data in context right away!) ● Set summary annotations ● Display attributes ● Connect more tools
- 20. From Data to Experience ● 1. Author a workspace in FME Form ● 2. Publish it as an FME Flow AR app ● 3. Experience with FME Realize
- 21. 1. Author
- 22. Source Data. GIS layers, DEM, 3D Assets, Styles
- 23. FeatureReader is the key ● FME Realize sends location to Flow { "coordinates": [-122.8214, 49.30681], "type": "Point" } ● Create point from location , reproject (if needed), buffer to create area of interest. ● Read data using Area of Interest
- 24. Turning points into 3D assets
- 25. Turning lines into 3D assets Lizard Lane
- 26. ● Shows text and attributes; ● Supports Markdown; ● Supports links; ● A key component for building experiences; Feature Summary Attribute fmear_feature_summary **FME Lizard** is happy to see you in *Augmented Reality*. Welcome! [Visit Safe Software for more](https://www.safe.com) Fmear_feature_summary value Displayed as
- 27. **Asset Type:** Fire Hydrants **ID:** FH1234 [Attributes](https://flowinstance/SimpleAttributes.fmw?ID=FH1234&FEATURETYPE=FireHydrants) Feature Summary Attribute fmear_feature_summary Fmear_feature_summary value specifies workspace to return live attributes! }
- 28. Workspace snippet. Easy and powerful
- 29. Anchor: Easy to Understand, Hard to Grasp ● A simple point geometry; ● Defines user location in the model; ● Tells the model where in the world it is; ● Can be set manually or automatically; ● Requires 1 to 3 attributes: ○ fmear_location_feature (“anchor”) ○ fmear_anchor_latitude (optional) ○ fmear_anchor_longitude (optional)
- 30. Do I have to have an anchor? What happens if I don’t have an anchor?
- 31. Results in Data Inspector
- 32. 2. Deliver
- 34. 1. Creating FME Flow AR app ● Name (unique ID) ● Title (what users see) ● Description (supports formatting) ● Repository (only repositories with workspaces that contain FMEAR writer appear here) ● Workspace (only workspace that contain FMEAR writer appear here) Any workspace that has an FME AR Writer can be used.
- 35. 2. Creating the FME Flow AR app Parameters ● Device Geolocation ● Other Parameters
- 36. 3. Creating FME Flow AR app Customization ● Browser Icon (optional, find a unique icon for your app) ● Heading and Footer banners, colors, text, logos
- 37. 3. Experience
- 38. Using a GNSS Receiver for More Accurate Placement ● Connect an external bluetooth GNSS receiver to improve location accuracy ● FME Realize uses the device's location source automatically — no extra setup ● Ideal for aligning models with real-world infrastructure, down to sub-meter accuracy Thank you Eos Positioning Systems for providing with GNSS receivers to test with FME Realize
- 39. Using a GNSS Receiver for Accurate Placement in the Field Built-in GPS External sub-meter GNSS
- 40. Background Imagery for Model Placement ● Use aerial imagery as a visual reference when placing models ○ WebMapTiler is your friend ● Simply match the map marker with your location ● Enables precise placement, even matching the accuracy of a GNSS receiver
- 41. Model Adjustment ● Slide the model with one finger to reposition it precisely ● Rotate with two fingers to match the real-world orientation ● Lock it in place when you're satisfied — no accidental moves afterward
- 42. Using FME Realize for QA/QC ● Compare data with the real world and instantly see where data doesn’t match reality. ● When some features align but others don’t, you can see what data is incorrect ● Great for identifying data problems that can only be done in the field!! ● Use known control points and reliable data types to verify spatial accuracy
- 44. FME Realize GivesYou Endless Possibilities. From here, it's up to you — your data, your workflows, your imagination
- 45. Create a starting point for your Experiences ● You decide what users see first: a toolbox, an FME Gallery app, a homepage, a single button, or a full dashboard ● Built entirely with FME — just a workspace and a bit of HTML/CSS/JS if needed ● Your data, your logic, your design
- 46. Viewing Attributes ● Only loads attributes when requested — always up-to-date and efficient; ● What to show, how to show it — all controlled by your workspace writing an HTML; ● Table layout, colors, fonts, even icons — it’s your design, not a Safe Software template.
- 47. Editing Attributes ● Go beyond viewing — let users update attributes through forms or other actions ● Workspaces handle updates, whether direct or triggered by other Experiences ● Attribute changes are stored and available for retrieval instantly
- 48. Your Static Pages ● Display technical details, asset characteristics, or 3D models — your design, your content ● Ideal for embedding specs, schemas, maps or interactive 3D scenes ● No workspace needed — just link it from your toolbox or summary annotation
- 49. External Static Pages ● Open external resources like YouTube videos, manuals, or cloud-hosted guides ● Great for field training, how-tos, or reviewing past work ● Simply add a link — launch from a button, annotation, or anywhere else
- 50. Connecting to IoT devices ● Connect to any IoT device with a web API — from pressure sensors to air quality monitors ● Use an FME workspace to fetch, transform, and visualize readings statically ● Add JavaScript for live updates — or let AI help build it for you 📈
- 51. System Integration: Cityworks & Beyond ● Create simple, field-friendly pages with big buttons and easy forms ● Submit data to any system with an API — Cityworks, Salesforce, asset platforms ● Behind it all? Just a couple of workspaces that handles the request and talks to the system
- 52. AI + Audio Notes: Speak Freely, Get Clarity ● Take spoken notes in any language, any style — even casually or with slang ● AI transforms speech into polished, professional English instantly ● Powered by FME + a workspace + a little AI magic
- 53. AI-based QA for Smarter Data Validation ● Check attributes and geometry in full context — not just one rule at a time ● AI finds inconsistencies, suggests improvements, and adapts to real-world logic
- 54. Field Notes, Sketches, and AI — All in One Workflow ● Capture a photo, and coordinates, write a quick note through an FME Flow App ● Instantly open a sketch page to draw arrows to highlight issues right on the photo ● AI interprets your sketch into structured data ● Get a clean, geolocated report inside FME Realize
- 56. FME Realize is now available on the Apple App Store. At no cost for unlimited numbers of users or devices.
- 57. Many Thanks to our Beta Testers T. Baker Smith Reznik Infrastructure Systems
- 58. 4 Conclusion
- 59. Summary ● Now use FME as an All-data, Any-AI Spatial Computing Platform. ● Put any data into real-world context, instantly. Experience your data in FME Realize
- 60. 30+ 30K+ 128 140+ 25K+ years of solving data challenges FME Community members countries with FME customers organizations worldwide global partners with FME services 200K+ users worldwide 200K+ users worldwide
- 61. 5 Resources
- 62. Resources Tutorial: Getting Started with Augmented Reality | FME Realize This series explores the potential of AR technology, how it works, and the FME products that bring it to life. 9 minute video Watch FME Realize in action—more scenarios and ideas!
- 63. Get our Ebook Spatial Data for the Enterprise fme.ly/gzc Guided learning experiences at your fingertips academy.safe.com FME Academy Resources Check out how-to’s & demos in the knowledge base support.safe.com Knowledge Base Webinars Upcoming & on-demand webinars safe.com/webinars
- 64. 6 Next Steps
- 65. We’d love to help you get started. Get in touch with us at info@safe.com Experience the FME Accelerator Contact Us A world where data is not just a commodity but a catalyst for real change. fme.safe.com/accelerator Next Steps
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- 67. 7 Q&A
- 68. ThankYou Recap of Next Steps 1 Follow us on LinkedIn! 2 Contact us 3 Experience the FME Accelerator Please fill out our webinar survey