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66 of virtual reality , 3D modelling and 3D visualisation crafted by in house developers .
De Jong has been startled by the industry response to VRify , revealing they can ’ t produce the virtual tours fast enough . With 60 completed , and many more in production , VRify is aiming to create a standard everybody can use across the industry , from exploration to investment . De Jong believes the benefits are obvious : “ If you ’ re chasing investment and trying to explain the orientation of the deposit or where the underground workings are in relation to the deposit , the best way to do that right now is to take screenshots of a 3D model . What we do is incorporate interactive models and photography and other components right into that presentation . The idea is that if you have better information you ’ ll make better decisions . I truly believe once we give investors and other stakeholders a taste of this level of disclosure it ’ s going to be very hard to go back to your twodimensional deck and feel justified in your investment decisions , based on drill results accompanied by a limited amount of information .”
As Chairman of Integra Resources ( created after the sale of Integra Gold in 2017 ), de Jong himself uses VRify and tests new features . He points out that whenever the company issues drill results , it updates the interactive 3D model which provides a historical drill database from the project and all of the drill holes in that area . De Jong explains the practicality of this approach : “ We
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