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Roundtable / Las Vegas 2016
Total Guide to Virtual-Reality Visualization: Hardware Edition
This roundtable will focus on different available virtual-reality (VR) hardware options, with the purpose of implementing VR into architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) workflows. We will have an in-depth discussion both about the tethered VR options like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, as well as about more-affordable mobile options like the Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, and others. Every VR platform has strengths and weaknesses. We will discuss which VR platforms perform best paired with specific workflows for optimal end results. We will discuss everything from setting up and optimizing the VR hardware and available accessories to desktop/laptop/mobile requirements and hardware specifications needed to ensure an optimal AEC-VR experience. We will showcase different ways we use VR in the AEC industry, paired with appropriate hardware. VR can realize major savings in various VR workflows that include 360 renderings, VR walk-throughs, existing conditions exploration, virtual mockups, and many others. This session features Revit, 3ds Max, and Autodesk Stingray.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
Virtual Reality for Planning, Design, and Construction
The construction industry is implementing virtual reality (VR) for planning, design, and construction of projects. This presentation will showcase how VR is helping owners, designers, and contractors better visualize and implement design. Examples that show how VR can make a difference in the industry include planning high-security buildings, jails, airports, and complex medical centers. End users can give feedback on the design and construction of their facilities, which is an important innovation. By using VR, clients get the ability to make changes virtually for free well before actual construction has begun. We'll show how the embrace of VR in construction planning is improving design-it leads to faster project approvals, decreases in the number of change orders, and better projects.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
Virtual Reality: You’re Halfway There
Virtual Reality is the hot new thing and everyone is rushing to find where it fits in their business and how to leverage it. The reality of virtual reality is if you're already designing in 3D your half way there. In this session we will cover several methods to move data from practically any 3D design system into Virtual Reality. Using Stingray (3ds Max Interactive) and a VR headset such as an Oculus or HTC Vive see your designs in a whole new light.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2018
VR from Scratch
This discussion will examine the process of getting started in developing for virtual reality (VR) using 3ds Max Interactive software. Are you wondering what it will take to get your facility design into VR for immersive navigation? Are you wondering how to get started in making your machine or product interactive in VR? Where do you go when you hit a roadblock? This course will cover all of those topics from a beginner's perspective so you can learn from someone else's mistakes and victories.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2018
Redesign of Design: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Empathy
It is no small thing to leave a mark on our fast-changing, complex world. As architects, we design for people in one of the most permanent design fields. This lasting impact makes inclusive design our foremost value and responsibility. To do this, we need to develop a deep awareness of the social, cultural, and environmental needs of the people we serve. The proliferation of the digital toolset has given us the ability to transcend traditional architectural practice for the first time in generations. Capitalizing on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), we have the ability to better understand the people who inhabit our buildings by simulating experiences related to vision, mobility, and communication. We can’t expect to truly comprehend an individual’s contextual and cumulative experiences, but if we are able to tap into others’ abilities and sensorial comprehension, our designs can be more sensitive to the broader community and cause fewer impediments in the built environment.
Roundtable / Las Vegas 2015
VFX to VRX: Real-World Virtual Reality Production for Björk, Red Bull, and Lexus

Solomon Rogers, founder of Rewind.co a world-renowned and award-winning virtual reality production agency, will take you through a brief history of a technology that seems to be have been around for decades, yet has never really got traction…until now. Delve deeply into the various technologies, techniques, and strategies used to create amazing immersive and commercially viable content. Sol will focus on examples of 360 immersive video in work for Björk, the high-octane Red Bull Air Race VR simulator, and the stunning interactive showrooms for Lexus vehicles. Rewind worked directly with Red Bull to create the world’s first Red Bull Air Race Virtual Reality Simulator. The experience enables members of the public to sit directly in the pilot’s chair and experience the blistering pace and quick turns of an Air Racer, putting them as close to the action as possible. Rewind will bring hardware and demonstrations to experience and explore and try firsthand. http://rewind.co/portfolio/red-bull-air-race/

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
Holodeck—Virtual Reality for the Construction Industry
Virtual reality (VR) is currently one of the most discussed architecture, engineering, and construction topics, and there are already many interesting use cases for architects and design presentation. But how can this technology be used for real construction scenarios? This session is based on a VR scenario for a shopping center designed and constructed by a major German construction company. It will show the power of the VR technology using different design phases, levels of development, and timelines. VR is much more than a playful presentation instrument-it can significantly improve the construction process, and help optimize the work on-site.
Roundtable / Las Vegas 2019
Collaborative Virtual Reality: The Creation of VR Without Geographic Borders
In this class, Jon Ferguson, Peter Pang, and Markee Foster will share their vast knowledge and experience regarding the creation of a truly collaborative virtual reality (VR) experience across state lines. What happens when you take virtual reality, remove the cords, and push it to the cloud with NVIDIA Holodeck, the HTC Vive, and BIM 360 software? Limitless possibilities, letting national architecture, engineering, and construction firms like Layton Construction service all geographic areas, with the best and highest VR experiences available.
Roundtable / Las Vegas 2016
The Now and Future of Virtual Reality for Design Visualization
Join experts in architectural visualization and virtual reality (VR) to discuss the future of VR and its applications in the field of visualization. The last 12 months have seen an unprecedented surge in interest and adoption of VR, augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies to help visualize architecture. But there are many challenges and uncharted waters ahead. The panelists will discuss how these technologies are being used in practice, where the opportunities lie, and how companies are working around the shortcomings and problems in VR. Whether you’ve been experimenting and implementing these technologies for a while, or you’re just trying to get your head around what’s going on, the panel will cover everything you could want to know about these potentially game-changing technologies.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
Virtual Reality Applications in Transportation Design Education

Vehicle design requires the development of virtual and physical tridimensional models to translate concepts generated by freehand drawing and renderings. This iterative process is very valuable but highly resource-consuming in time, cost, and effort-not only in the modeling process itself, but also in learning time, prototyping, and finishing. With schools tied to the duration of academic terms and student budgets, projects are limited to only CAD and/or scale physical models. However, recently available virtual reality (VR) devices offer alternatives to bridge that gap, enabling full-size 3D drawing exploration and visualization of CAD in small and full scale. This session will discuss the use of VR software and Maya software for initial exploration, as well as VRED software for visualization of vehicle concepts using the HTC Vibe. It describes where in the design process these tools are used, as well as the setup used at the Transportation Design Program at the University of Cincinnati.

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
Use the 3ds Max Family of Products to Create Real-Time Experiences and VR
Real-time experiences and virtual reality (VR) add a whole new dimension to 3D visualization. What was once only seen is now also felt-and feeling is [now] believing. 3ds Max software is an advanced content creation package. Now, with 3ds Max Interactive software added to the family, deploying real-time experiences and VR has never been easier. In this session, we'll see how to take a typical architectural model into a fully interactive VR experience. We'll use 3ds Max to optimize and prepare the model for real-time output. Then, we'll explore best practices for bringing this data into 3ds Max Interactive-the game engine. Next, we'll see how to easily and quickly enhance the visual quality as well as add interactions and triggers inside a real-time environment. Lastly, we'll take a look at how immersive experiences are deployed for both VR and non-VR platforms. Virtual Reality-all the cool kids are doing it. Are you?
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2018
Virtual Reality with Inventor
This class will show how we can take native Inventor files into 3ds Max Interactive to be able to harness the virtual reality capabilities within the software.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016
Virtual-Reality Collaboration: The Future of Automotive Design Visualization
Virtual reality (VR) is a game changer for collaborative design review. VR technology is now at a quality level that gives designers confidence to make design decisions virtually. Designers and engineers can explore virtual models and design variations at full scale before physical models get built. Multiple users can collaborate across multiple remote locations. This talk will cover innovative immersive VR technology with VRED software and Forge Platform. Hear firsthand from Faraday Future about how they are capitalizing on VR to solve design review challenges and bring cars to market faster at lower cost. The future of automotive design visualization is here. This session features VRED and Forge.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
Virtual Reality as a Design Tool: A Case Study
This class will be an in-depth look at one firm's road into virtual reality (VR) and how we use it as a design tool. The road was unpaved and littered with skeptics and the unknown. Pushing forward led us somewhere unexpected. We'll run through a case study involving upwards of 10 active projects that benefited from and pushed our knowledge of VR. Using a live Vive demonstration, we'll go inside these projects and show how they benefited from this new technology. There will be time at the end for questions, and the opportunity for attendees to get hands-on with our builds. This discussion will include a basic understanding of our workflow, translating models from Revit software into 3ds Max software then into the Stingray gaming engine and also Unity.
Industry Talk / London 2018
The Virtual Mockup: Parametric Design and Optimisation of Complex Faﾍade Panels in Virtual Reality
Nowadays available parametric modelling techniques allow for easy generation of geometrically complex faﾍade elements. Evaluation of aesthetical quality of created design variants is often performed using 2D representations whereas physical 3D models are costly. Combining parametric design with design visualisation in virtual reality (VR) allows for aesthetical evaluation, review, design, and optimisation of unlimited alternatives on a full scale without the need for physical mock-ups. Speeding up design process and lowering potentially costs for mock-ups. This combination of virtual reality and parametric modelling has been applied in the design of the eye-catching faﾍade for the new Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, in 3 alternative workflows. One part of the facade consists of 'bone'-shaped elements. Their complex 3D geometry was generated using a Grasshopper model. This parametric model was live connected to a VR model of Revit through an automatic cloud connection using Flux.io, Dynamo and Enscape. Design modifications in Grasshopper were synchronised within seconds to the VR world. This allowed the design team to assess dozens of variants per hour to optimise the faﾍade for transportability of elements while remaining aesthetical pleasant. Combining parametric design with VR allows for quick iteration of design variants while experiencing the performance and aesthetics of the design, not limited to a fragment but for the complete building. This increases the speed of design iterations which may increases efficiency or may allow for a more sophisticated design. Potentially, a costs and time reduction for physical models can be realised. Although physical models will still require for the 'feeling of the design' and as a test of the production process, now the most likely variant can be selected for the mock-up.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016
Virtual Sticks and Bricks—Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: Today and the Near and Long-Term Future Outlook
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) tools have found a niche in real estate sales and marketing, and they are having some impact on design decision making, but the real impact on construction lies just over the horizon when gaming technology, wearable computing, and machine learning will deliver a rapid proliferation of multiplayer collaboration environments for process planning to optimize design, sequencing, coordination, and safety planning. This class will take an industry look at where we are today, and what the near-future and long-term-future states of VR and AR are likely to be. This session features Autodesk Stingray and Maya. AIA Approved
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Virtual Reality in the Real World: Transmedia, Planes, and Automobiles
Virtual reality (VR) has been brought to the forefront recently with Oculus VR's Oculus Rift. In this class we will discuss how the emerging technologies around head-mounted displays have reignited VR for those of us in visualization, media, and marketing. We will showcase tips and techniques to use in VR projects, and we'll discuss how this technology can raise the bar in your own projects. We will base the class around profile projects, including the VR Red Bull Air Race experience and stand. This experience started with highly accurate LiDAR (light detection and ranging) scans of the racecourse. Following that, 3ds Max software was used to texturize the models, and then Unreal Engine 4 was used for creation. A physical stand was also designed and engineered by taking 3ds Max software plans back through AutoCAD software and straight to manufacture. The project was also released on mobile platforms, including the new 3D-printed Altergaze mobile-phone VR accessory. We will discuss this device and what it means for rapid prototyping and the open hardware revolution.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
VR: Designing the Experience
In this course, we'll cover the rules and techniques for generating experiences for virtual reality (VR). We'll go through the lessons learned in VR at Gensler, along with the different kinds of VR that are available to designers today. From 360º rendering to room-scale VR, there are plenty of options to dive into.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
Tools Not Toys: Estimating/Scheduling in Virtual Reality with BIM Data Sources and Stingray
In this class, students will learn how Skanska created high-quality, interactive estimates and schedules in virtual reality (VR) by linking external Building Information Modeling (BIM) data sources into Autodesk's Stingray interactive engine. First, we'll demonstrate how Skanska exported BIM data from Revit software into an external data source. Information in the external data source will be organized and sorted. Then, we'll import that information into Stingray in various configurations to create interactive, immersive environments leveraging a repeatable workflow that enables our clients to visualize different design, cost, and scheduling options in VR. As a result, clients will be able to visualize 4D schedules and 5D estimates. They will be able to choose from various design and material options and see the costs associated with them. Finally, they will be able to export the information from Stingray to an external data source. Benefits of estimating and scheduling in VR include realistic design visualization and real-time decision making.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016
VR / AR the new frontier
Virtual reality is the latest hype for game developers for engaging audiences from content consumption perspective. But the technology has much broader applications. Due to the latest advancements in hardware and software these technologies are becoming approachable for engineers, architects and visualization specialists. Both VR and AR enabling new workflows in design, prototyping, visualizing and marketing products. Are you ready for the VR explosion? What tools and VR-Ready standards can help you and your employees get started cost effectively and safely? Join Dell virtual reality experts to discover where you might apply your skills and passion to fuel your business including live demos and information about the future of VR as businesses change the way they design and sell products!
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