International Newsletter vol.12 2008/12
12.25.2008
FORUM8 Co., Ltd
----Contents----

--------What's New at FORUM8--------

-3D-VR Contest works Video Gallery
-New Product Introduction

--------Upcoming Events--------


-Upcoming overseas events
-Seminar in Shanghai, Beijing, and Seoul

--------FORUM8 Homepage Information--------

-Web estimate service
-Technical support service for UC-win/Road overseas users
-User information page

UC-win/Road Video gallery

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UC-win/Road UC-win/Road Support System
7th 3D・VR SIMULATION CONTEST by UC-win/Road

UC-win/Roadproduct information page also looking-gets the animation movie.
http://vr.forum8.co.jp/english/


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GRAND PRIX
Simulated driving diagnosis system using CG simulation
movie
National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid
Content :
The most distinguishing feature of driving competence diagnosis system "NASVA NET" is that it's a "simulated driving diagnosis system using CG simulation", which uses VR simulation carried out over the internet. This covers separate diagnoses of grades for safe eco-driving, defensive safe driving, hasty driving and considerate driving. The movement of cars driving on this simulator is recorded and analysed to give advice about safe driving.
EXCELLENCE AWARD
Sakai City Oshoji LRT Project VR data
movie
Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
Content :
This VR was created in order to consider and build consensus for a planned LRT improvement project in Sakai City. The proposed subject area for the installation includes an area of about 1.6km from Sakai station on the Nankai Electric Railway Main Line to Sakai-higashi station on the Koya Line. Besides the present situation, it can depict plans for the layout approaching the LRT tracks, transit mall plans, roadside landscape plans, etc. and the future of central Sakai city can be considered from the perspective of traffic and landscape.
IDEA AWARD
Erection of construction girders for underground passageway construction in train stations.
movie
Noda Engineering Co., Ltd.
Content :
We erect temporary construction girders for the construction of elevators and underground passageways just under a railway at a barrier-free train station. The installation work will be performed in a narrow space between platforms and crane operation is impossible, therefore a new erection method is being investigated and the details are being drawn up in VR.
ESSENCE AWARD
VR utilization case in educational curriculum
movie
Daido Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Design
Content :
In this research, the creation of a street landscape pattern and the proposal of street landscape evaluation method based on a marketing approach are being performed by VR. As VR that's been used for consistent training in urban development since 2007, practical training with UC-win/Road has been adopted with the aim of training technicians that can design and do design proposals from various perspectives.
OVERSEAS AWARD
AFRICA_SUDAN Project
movie
CION Media Company (Turkey)
Content :
CION Media Company has created the 3D City Model of a new town for the people in hunger and poverty in Darfur, SUDAN, AFRICA. The project idea belongs to KIMSE YOK MU? Solidarity and Aid Association who helps to poor people by donations coming from charitable people. The project area is a desert now, and people live in tents in the area. The new town will include 800 single storey houses, a mosque, municipality building, school, health center, public education center and etc. city functions.
HONORABLE JUDGE AWARD  Regional Construction Award
 
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi (NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobou)
Sancheong-Sudong VR Simulation
movie
Busan Regional Construction & Management Office (Korea)
Content :
There were clashes of opinion between villagers over the National Highway No. 3 plan being constructed from Sinyeon-ri Saengcho-myeon Sancheong-gun Gyeongsangnam-do to Hwasan-ri Sudong-myeon Hamyang-gun Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea and the most suitable route had to be selected by comparing a route that passes in front of village to one that detours around the back of it. The most suitable plan for local residents (the route passing behind the village) was chosen through an explanatory meeting.
HONORABLE JUDGE AWARD  Design Award
 
Mr. Fumio Seki (Taisei Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Simulation of an evacuation in an aging society using 3D VR
movie
Taisei Engineering Co., Ltd.
Content :
Given the circumstances of our aging society, there are a lot of public facilities that were built during years of rapid economic growth. Evacuation analysis using 3D VR is an analysis where by using characteristics inherent to the inclusion of elderly people, it is possible to suggest low-cost safety measures using the existing facilities' structure. This case supposes there's a fire in a tunnel and introduces the linkage of 3D VR to an evacuation analysis of an evacuation situation with elderly and healthy people.
HONORABLE JUDGE AWARD  Technology Award
 
Mr. Sinsuke Kitagawa (Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Digital Phoenix Project by UC-win/Road III
movie
Arizona State University (USA)
Content :
The Digital Phoenix Project started 2 years ago, with a total cost of one hundred million yen. This is an academic research VR model used to 1) generate traffic from highways to the city centre and visualize the traffic conditions at main road intersections. 2) collect data about the drive, the time it takes and CO2 emissions from the driving simulator. 3) develop traffic routes and test tools for emergency situations such as terror.


NOMINATION AWARD
EAZET construction VR Simulation
movie
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corporation
Content :
Use as a tool for the explanation of rotating pile construction method "EAZET construction", which achieves low-noise, low-vibration construction without earth removal. As there is more than one choice of pile construction method, we portray the actual construction environment in 3D, apply the "EAZET construction method" in it and the customers see that as an animation, thus we achieve proposals that are easily understandable for a broad range of stakeholders.
NOMINATION AWARD
3D Exhibition of North Grand Canal Ecological Rehabilitation
movie
Haihe River Water Conservation Commission, Ministry of Water Resources (China)
Content :
The "North Grand Canal Ecological Rehabilitation Project" (at the northern end of the Grand Canal) simulation is created based on a plan from Longshun Bridge to the Qujiadian reach. A compatibility model was adopted for the data, the openness and compatibility of UC-win/Road were fully exercised and application features of the project area were represented. It became possible to provide a fresh and clear method of representing the proposed project.
NOMINATION AWARD
Evacuation Simulation of Hongqiao Traffic Network Center Building
movie
Shanghai T.E.F Building Safety Consulting Co., Ltd. (China)
Content :
Shanghai Hongqiao is a coordinated arterial "BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) Traffic" centre connecting various transit systems such as rail, road traffic, long-distance buses, etc. In the future, it will be one of the most complex traffic arterial works in the world. Since the simulation of overall planning and manpower dispersal is needed to replicate future appearance and ensuring more safety, VR representation was performed using EXODUS evacuation analysis and UC-win/Road.
NOMINATION AWARD
Tsinghua Sware Software Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. (China)
movie
Tsinghua Sware Software Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. (China)
Content :
Yantain Port, the sixth largest port in the world, is located in the east of Shenzhen. This project is a high efficiency, stereoscopic and multifunctional modern distribution center unifying warehouses, offices, a multilevel car parking tower and a discharging area. A lot of green space was put around the warehouses and it was considered an important point that the detailed design of the commercial buildings project the individual distribution companies' images because that was the area where people gather most in the construction group.

New Product Introduction
UC-win/Road Related Information

UC-win/Road Experience Simulator

This is a description of theUC-win/Road Experience Simulator, which is comprised of UC-win/Road, the UC-win/Road Drive Option and the SUBARU Driving Simulator by the Subaru Corporation's Customisation Workshop.

UC-win/Road is advanced Virtual Reality (VR) software, which allows you to create a 3D road space easily on your PC and simulate various environments in real time. In recent years, UC-win/Road has gained a good reputation for project modelling along with its use as a driving simulator for research and development.

This simulator unit uses a automatic 6-axis motion unit (patented), accomplished through a fusion of flight simulator technology from the Fuji Heavy Industries Aerospace Department with the technology of the Subaru Automobile Department. In this simulator, actual vehicle components have been used for the steering mechanism and so on, making it possible to experience the sensation of driving a real car.

Rapid advances in car safety technology development over the last few years, such as virtual traffic accident experiences and new ITS technologies, can become reality through the sense of real driving provided by this experience simulator.



Please go to http://www.forum8.co.jp/topic/up76-p08-e.htm for more information.


-Seminar in Shanghai, Beijing, and Seoul

The seminars provide attendees a opportunity to acquire up-to-date about our product.
One of the main goals to these seminars is to explain analysis and design
techniques which abound in the industry. Participation fee is free!

Overseas Seminar
Venue
Shanghai - Shanghai Seminar room (NEPOCH & FORUM8 Technology Development Co.,Ltd)
Beijing - Conference room (Beijing Tepia Technology Co.,Ltd)
Seoul - Seminar room (BasisSoft, Inc.)
Seminar Date Venue
UC-win/Road - VR 22 January 2009 Seoul
6 March 2009 Seoul
12 March 2009 Shanghai
13 March 2009 Beijing
27 May 2009 Seoul
4 June 2009 Shanghai
5 June 2009 Beijing
UC-win/Road Advanced 20 February 2009 Seoul
15 April 2009 Seoul
16 April 2009 Shanghai
17 April 2009 Beijing
2 June 2009 Seoul
UC-win/Road for Civil 3D 18 June 2009 Shanghai
19 June 2009 Beijing
UC-win/Road SDK 23 January 2009 Seoul
9 April 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
10 April 2009 Seoul
UC-win/FRAME(3D) Dynamic Analysis 12 February 2009 Seoul
4 March 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
15 May 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
xpswmm 18 February 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
10 June 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
EXODUS - SMARTFIRE 10 March 2009 Seoul
18 March 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
11 June 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
Multiframe - MultiSTEEL 5 March 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
Maxsurf 8 April 2009 Shanghai and Beijing
TEMPO-SDW 11 March 2009 Seoul
Summary
Participation Fee Free
Application
For more information and application, please email us at
forum8@forum8.co.jp


-Upcoming overseas events

We will participate in various overseas events. Please come to visit us in the booth to learn
more about our product line-up. Look forward to meeting you!

Imagina 2009
4-6 February 2009
http://www.imagina.mc/

IETF India 2009
23-26 February 2009
http://www.jetro.go.jp/events/tradefair/20080902844-event

IETF conferences in USA for 2009
22-25 March 2009
http://www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
-Web estimate service

Free web estimate service is available at the following site. Explore sample projects,
experiment and create!
https://www2.forum8.co.jp/road_est_en/html/main.htm


-Technical support service for UC-win/Road overseas users

The support service undertakes data generation tasks concerning UC-win/Road such
as the generation of 3D VR simulation data, 3D models and textures, fully empowering
simulation tasks for road businesses, urban development planning, public projects, private
development, and so forth using cost-affordable, high-quality data.

For more information, please go to the following site.
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/road-support-e.htm


-User information page

Marketing materials and updates can be retrieved and downloaded from the following site.
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