A talk from the Design Track at AWE USA 2017 - the largest conference for AR+VR in Santa Clara, California May 31- June 2, 2017.
Joel Pennington (Autodesk): Virtual Reality in Design: Now and the Future
VR is disrupting many design professions from architecture to engineering, construction to manufacturing and of course, in Media & Entertainment. Tomorrow's designers, makers, and artists will simply rely on VR as core technology to get their job done. This is because immersive experiences help us perceive the design as though we’re physically present: allowing creators to better predict and make more informed decisions about our designs and artistry. As a world leader in 3D design software and deep knowledge of Media & Entertainment, Autodesk is in a unique position to leverage new creative immersive technology like VR, to build tools that will usher in the Future of Making Things.
http://AugmentedWorldExpo.com
Autodesk customers make stuff and VR and AR can make that easier
AEC, MFG, ME examples
Live architects scale
VRED
LMV BIM Hololens
ME VR
What problems can we solve?
ARVR Continuum
AEC
MFG
ME
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.
IBM shipped its first PC in 1981 and Autodesk, founded in 1982, demonstrated the first CAD software for PCs, "AutoCAD Release 1", in November 1982.
So, in late 1994, just as the CAD software industry had acclimatized to the shock of UNIX workstations, and even DEC seemed to be about to regain its former glory with the release of its new 'Alpha' processor, two further events combined with Autodesk's release of 3D CAD software which were to totally revolutionize the CAD software industry: Microsoft released its first 32-bit operating system for PCs, Windows NT, and Intel released the first 32-bit Pentium Pro chips
Autodesk announced that it had sold the 1,000,000th license of its AutoCAD 2D CAD software and that it was releasing AutoCAD Release 13, including 3D solid modeling functions based on the ACIS 3D kernel.
Digital Equipment Corporation – sold off to HP in 1998
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.
Turns out Autodesk has a rich VR history
Videos and other hilarious antics
But gosh, aren’t we gonna get disrupted?
Autodesk Cyberspace
Alvar green and chris allis @ adsk 1990.
Where are we now? GearVR + 2 Milkshakes. I guess some of the tech issues have been solved?
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.
Who cares?
A lot of people. Turns out we’ve got a big target on our backs and we’re now seen as this established software company, vs. the plucky startup. People are creating alternative solutions (or trying to)
What’s Autodesk ‘Competitive Advantage’
Our cross industry insight
Only company with Design division and entertainment division
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.
Autodesk Revit Live - Create immersive architectural visualizations
Revit® Live cloud service turns Revit and Revit LT models into an immersive experience in one click, helping architects understand, explore, and share their designs.
http://www.autodesk.com/products/revit-live/overview
Using Revit Live, Architects can quickly and easily publish their designs directly from Revit with the click of a button. The Revit Live service automagically creates immersive experiences in VR from the Revit design for presenting to a variety of stakeholders.
VRED Professional - Virtual prototyping for automotive, industrial design
Features in VRED™ 3D product visualization and virtual prototyping software enable you to create compelling product presentations, design reviews, and virtual prototypes in real time and for virtual reality.
VRED Professional - Virtual prototyping for automotive, industrial design
Features in VRED™ 3D product visualization and virtual prototyping software enable you to create compelling product presentations, design reviews, and virtual prototypes in real time and for virtual reality.
Stingray
Nvidia stuff
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.
Stingray has a variety of VR templates to get people started building VR experiences quickly and easily
Similar to this example Stingray VR project called the VR Museum - which is free to download and can be used as a template to create a variety of interactions in VR.
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.
Data always accessible
In Context
The CAD wars of the 1980s
Move from Microstations to Unix. Wow, that was a big HIT thanks to PTC.