Learn how SHoP Architects is leveraging Unity Reflect to connect live BIM data into custom AR/VR applications. See the implications of a live data connection into interactive environments and unpack specific industry use cases. Presenters: Adam Chernick – SHoP Architects Christopher Morse – SHoP Architects Watch the session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FeTsoMXSxXw

1. Accelerating
Communication in AEC with
Unity Reflect
Adam Chernick and Christopher Morse

7. Benchmark Innovation Lab
Media, PA

8. Flotsam + Jetsam Pavilion
Miami, FL

9. Carousel House
Long Island, NY

10. East River Esplanade
New York, NY

11. SITE Santa Fe Art Museum
Santa Fe, NM

12. Pier 15
New York, NY

13. Hangil Book House
Seoul, South Korea

14. Uber Headquarters Mission Bay
San Francisco, CA

15. Pier 17
New York, NY

16. 111 West 57th St Tower
New York, NY

17. Barclays Center Arena
Brooklyn, NY

18. Nassau Coliseum
Long Island, NY

19. Botswana Innovation Hub
Gaborone, Botswana

20. American Copper Buildings
New York, NY

21. 340 Flatbush Ave Extension
Brooklyn, NY

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— Connect Designs with Data
— Custom Design Tools
— VR/AR/XR
— Immersive Visualization R&D

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We Build Things With
Unity

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Challenges
- Design Tools
- Iteration
- BIM

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Challenges
- Design Tools
- Iteration
- BIM

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Challenges
- Design Tools
- Iteration
- BIM

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Challenges
- Design Tools
- Iteration
- BIM

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Ceci n’est pas une teapot

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55. Unity Reflect
- Native Plugin
- Multi-Source
- Multi-Platform
- Customization
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Unity Reflect Process
Native Plugin
Viewer

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Unity Reflect Process
Multi-Source
Other
Software
Other
Software
Viewer

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Unity Reflect Process
Server
Multi-Platform
Other
Software
Other
Software
Viewer
Viewer
Viewer

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Unity Reflect Process
Customization
Server
Other
Software
Other
Software
+
Custom App
Custom App
Custom App

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62. Reflect In Action (Custom Development)
- Status Tracking
- Acoustic Visualization
- On-site Construction Documents
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63. Reflect In Action
- Status Tracking
- Acoustic Visualization
- On-site Construction Documents
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64. AR Status Tracking
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— Use BIM data to visualize
construction status
— As status is updated live through
reflect, the user can see progress
— Build cross-platform

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66. What We’re Working On
- Status Tracking
- Acoustic Visualization
- On-site Construction Documents
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67. Acoustic Simulation
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“[Architecture] is taught very much as a visual art.
[Acoustics is] harder to get your head around, because it’s not
something you can print on a page.”
Trevor Cox, Twenty Thousand Hertz “Hear Hear”

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— Long time to run
— Non-intuitive results
— Typically occur late in design process
Typical Acoustic Simulation Result Pachyderm Acoustic

69. VR Acoustic Simulation
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— Real time simulations
— Interactive controls
— Allow for iterative design

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71. What We’re Working On
- Status Tracking
- Acoustic Visualization
- On-site Construction Documents
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72. AR CD Extension
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— Extended construction documents with
AR
— View associated drawings and
information based on BIM Data
— Improved QA/QC process
— Build cross-platform

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75. Thank You
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