International Newsletter vol.40 2010/11
11.30.2010 FORUM8 Co., Ltd. http://www.forum8.com/
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| Results Announcement of 3D VR Contest |
We are pleased to announce that the Design Festival 2010 was held successfully
from November 17 to19, 2010 and on the third day of Design Festival, the
9th 3D VR Simulation Contest was carried out with the following results
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We would like to express our appreciation to everyone who has taken time
off to attend our annual event and we look forward to seeing you next year!
"Proposal of underground installation of Hanshin expressway and improved
city using VR"
Faculty of Policy Studies, Kansai University |
| The underground installation of Hanshin expressway is visualized to illustrate
the beautiful landscape in the urban area, secure green and pedestrian
space and to maintain the wide city space while proposing for the improvement
of OSAKA city. It is used to discuss in a wide range of issues relating
to reorganization. In addition, the analysis of traffic or pedestrians'
movement and disaster are performed considering different time frames.
Consideration of space reallocation to maximize utilization of the city
in the future was also carried out. |
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"Highway driving simulator system"
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd |
| Events with potential danger on the expressway was represented in VR to
illustrate safe driving through the evaluation and analysis of the experience
drive behavior. The advanced reality was sought for the road structure
such as road accessories (signs), building, plant, vehicle movement. The
result of experience driving data is stored and analyzed to be used for
safe driving. |
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"Debris avalanche simulation"
Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University |
| A large-sized debris avalanche occurred in Cikangkareng due to the earthquake
(M7.3) in the off Indian Ocean, the west of Java. This avalanche was simulated
in 3D VR in the inhabitant workshop to investigate the actual condition.
In addition, the mechanism of debris movement is represented in a 3D environment
to illustrate the opinions of geology experts for the proposal of various
effective uses. |
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"STRIDING AHEAD! Modeling Unpredictable Pedestrian Road Crossing Behavior"
Abley Transportation Consultants Limited(New Zealand) |
| Iiam Road is located in a residential area of Christchurch and provides
access to the University of Canterbury. Due to its close proximity large
numbers of pedestrians walk along and cross Iiam Road, often informally
taking the quickest routes. Safety and efficiency concerns have lead to
the need for a redevelopment of Ilam Road. In order to represent the nature
of university students who tend to cross the road at random locations rather
than using formalized crossings the UC-win/Road Micro simulation player
plugin was used in conjunction with an S-Paramics model and the S- Paramics
plugin. |
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"A publicity drive simulator for EV and charging system in SmartGrid"
SK Energy Co., Ltd.(Korea) |
| The public facility is constructed in Jeju island, Korea, where the large-sized
experiment of SmartGrid is conducted. SmartGrid, which produces the battery
for electronic vehicles made use of the VR system in UC-win/Road to develop
an experience drive simulator. This simulator searches the area for battery
charging locations while driving in the EV vehicle environment. |
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Judges
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi, NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobou
Mr. Fumio Seki, Taisei Corporation
Mr. Sinsuke Kitagawa, Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. |
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Artistic Award
Mr. Sinsuke Kitagawa, Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. |
"VR simulation for the proposal of the ground facilities construction"
Asunaro Aoki Construction Co., Ltd |
| The simulation is performed from various types of view point including
player, trainer, inhabitant, facility manager, and observer for the construction
of the new ground in the university. UC-win/Road is created to share the
completed image and provide the exercise environment which meets the surrounding
environment. |
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Regional Construction Award
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi, NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobou |
"VR simulation of the crosswalk construction planning for the prevention
of traffic accidents"
Korea Transportation Safety Authority(Korea) |
| Analysis of accident locations where 6 fatalities occurred were marked
over a period of five years and it was found that the reason behind accident
occurrences was due to the distance of crossing, vehicle speed and slope
gradient. Several projects were implemented for the safety issues including
the construction of pedestrian road. This content was created in VR data
to facilitate in the explanatory meeting with the residents. The features
of this work include the surveying of location of the street lighting during
night time, placement planning and the design considerations of a central
island. |
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Design Award
Mr. Fumio Seki, Taisei Engineering Co., Ltd |
"VR utilization for consensus-building toward landscape formation
of design city, Kobe"
Directorate general for Kobe city planning |
| It is essential to create interest in Kobe city to maintain and build the
landscape by covering a variety of landscapes ( sea, slope, and mountain).
The exotic city is introduced by the exploration of the city model. The
continuous model creation is carried out in the citizen participation workshop.
In addition, it is used as a supporting tool for landscape consultation
of building design and the regulation induction including height. |
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"VR simulation in disasters using P-SIM(Pedestrian flow simulation)"
Seoul National University (Korea) |
| The software (P-SIM) which analyses the pedestrian flow and considers alighting
from trains in the station is developed and simulated. The data from analysis
result is converted into XML file format and then imported into the Micro
simulation player through the creation of a simple converter and visualized
in UC-win/Road. This piece of work features the rapid speed of human behavior
to illustrate various walking speed (running / walking). In addition, the
wall was also created using the semi-translucent function. |
"VR data utilization and DS driving analysis system"
Taisei Engineering Co., Ltd |
| The comparison of the driving route and the creation of supplementary documents
are performed for Tomei expressway (which was in service since this spring)
as well as the new route of Atsugi IC ? Capital central road/Ebina IC.
In addition, VR was used for the acquisition of the driving data from DS,
output and analysis of the data, measurement of the driver's judgment time,
verification and analysis of vehicles. |
"BANJAR Water Park"
FUJICON PRIANGAN PERDANA, PT(Indonesia) |
| "BANJAR Water Park" is the facility to be constructed by BANJAR
city, Indonesia. The planning is proceeded as a large-scaled amusement
pool for a number of tourists from domestic and overseas. The completed
image and the access to the facility are represented in VR in this data.
In addition, the image of visitors are playing in the pool can be experienced
from the view of the visitors. |
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 Final Results annoucement
(Mr. Fumio Seki) |
Awarding ceremony |
Photo shoot of award winners |
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For details, see FORUM8 Design Festival 2010 on our website.
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| BIM&VR : 3D VR Engineering News |
 Student BIM Contest
FORUM8 will hold the 1st Student BIM&VR Design Contest in 2011. The
main theme is BIM&VR and the works which are designed using more than
two of FORUM8 software solutions by students can be applied to this contest.
It is anticipated that the new use and ideas of BIM&VR would arise
through this contest.
| Application of the 1st Student BIM &VR Design Contest |
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 Application Period |
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September 1st 2011 - October 31st [due NLT] |
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Applicant eligibility |
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All students (including adults).
Project work which is created before graduation in 2011 as a graduation
assignment will be eligible. |
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Application section |
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1.Architecture design
2.Bridge design |
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How to enter |
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Please submit your work after registration. The detailed information will
be announced later. |
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Awards |
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Grand Prix, excellent award, entertainment award, encouragement award,
honorable judge award are decided for each section.
Grand Prix: Certificate, trophy, extra prize:500,000 yen of scholarship(for
each section)
Prize:Notebook computer, digital camera, printer (provisional) |
To see the full text of the article, visit 3D VR Engineering News on Up and Coming web magazine.
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| Conferences, training and seminars |
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Seminars in Shanghai, Beijing and Seoul will be held on the following schedule.
Venue:
Shanghai - Shanghai Seminar room (FORUM8 Technology Development(Shanghai) Co., Ltd)
Beijing- TST-VirtualReality (Beijing)
Seoul-FORUM 8 Korean Office
| Seminar |
Date |
City |
| UC-win/Road VR |
December 8th, 2010 |
Seoul |
| December 9th , 2010 |
Shanghai |
| January 7th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| March 9th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| May 6th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| UC-win/Road Advanced |
December 17th, 2010 |
Seoul |
| February 16th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| February 24th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| UC-win/Road SDK |
February 9th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| May 17th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
Engineer's Studio(TM),
Engineer's Studio(TM)(2D)) |
March 24th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| April 13th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| VR-Studio(TM) |
January 26th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| April 7th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| UC-win/FRAME(3D) |
February 2nd, 2011 |
Seoul |
| February 17th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| Allplan |
December 3rd, 2010 |
Shanghai |
| January 19th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| UC-1 Series Introduction |
January 12th , 2011 |
Seoul |
| EXODUS / SMARTFIRE |
December 21st, 2010 |
Seoul |
| March 3rd, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| May 10th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| xpswmm |
January 13th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| March 16th , 2011 |
Seoul |
| OSCADY/TRANSYT |
March 10th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| March 23rd, 2011 |
Seoul |
| Design Builder |
January 27th , 2011 |
Shanghai |
| March 30th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| Retaining wall design Ver.2 /Temporary sheating work design Ver.2 |
December 2nd, 2010 |
Seoul |
| March 17th , 2011 |
Shanghai |
| April 20th, 2011 |
Seoul |
| RC Section calculation (Chinese standard) |
January 20th, 2011 |
Shanghai |
| Participation Fee |
| Participation Fee |
Free |
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