AECCafe Voice Archive for the ‘reality capture’ Category“Going Digital” at Bentley 2017 “Year in Infrastructure” in SingaporeThursday, October 19th, 2017Partnerships make the world go round. Or so it would seem from the recent announcements made by Bentley Systems at their 2017 Year in Infrastructure Conference held in Singapore this past week. The event drew record numbers, primarily from Southeast Asia, China and India. 130 journalists also were in attendance.
AECCafe at Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2017Thursday, October 5th, 2017Each year Bentley holds its thought leadership Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference of leading executives from around the globe, featuring state-of-the-art projects in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. This year AECCafe will travel to Singapore for the event, as Singapore has demonstrated cutting edge application of technologies for all the above industry segments.  Bentley users attend an informative discussion on industry trends. HP Z Workstations Address Security Challenges of Today’s WorldThursday, September 21st, 2017Xavier Garcia, vice president and general manager, global head Workstations, HP Inc. and Josh Peterson, vice president product management, Workstations, HP Inc. recently presented a webinar on the new HP Desktop Z workstation family.  HP Z8 Workstation with dual HP Z27x Displays (2) AEC Collection Extends Autodesk’s Cloud Subscription Value and Addresses InfrastructureThursday, September 7th, 2017Autodesk announced their expansion of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Collection (AEC Collection) that includes support for design through pre-construction. The new tools will extend the product with no additional cost to those who already have a cloud-based subscription with the company. The expanded tools are included in the subscription rate of the AEC Collection. The emphasis on Civil 3D allows users to access InfraWorks and Revit for infrastructure and pre-construction. Products in the Collection include Revit, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Navisworks Manage and 3ds Max. HP Announces New HP Z VR Backpack and Mars Home Planet for Virtual RealityThursday, August 3rd, 2017In a webinar prior to announcement this Tuesday, HP executives talked about the exciting new approach and commercial solutions for virtual reality (VR). As part of this strategy, the company has unveiled what appears to be the first professional wearable VR PC – the new HP Z VR Backpack. Crafted to bring the full potential of VR to-life, it is designed to be a secure and manageable wearable VR PC.  HP Z VR Backpack used for training purposes. Trimble’s SiteVision for Outdoor AR Coming SoonThursday, June 15th, 2017Aviad Almagor, director, Mixed Reality Program, from Trimble spoke recently about one of their prototype products, SiteVision, used for accurate outdoor augmented reality using GNSS, that is currently only available for pilot customers.
Neuroscience Instills Human Response into the Built EnvironmentThursday, May 4th, 2017Tatiana Berger, associate professor, Graduate Architecture, of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, spoke recently at the Moscow Architecture School on the topic “Neuroscience in Architecture,” a relatively new science in the architecture field. Our interview with her encompasses some of the talking points of that presentation.  Carlo Scarpa. “The relationship between interior and exterior spaces and views to nature have a deep effect on how the brain perceives architectural settings.” 3D Reality Mesh Models Become Smarter with Bentley’s New Reality Modeling TechnologyThursday, April 20th, 2017Recent advancements in reality modeling have made the technology, which was once limited to highly skilled, well-trained individuals and costly equipment, now accessible to everyone. Faraz Ravi, a Bentley fellow and project manager for reality modeling spoke with AECCafe Voice about Bentley’s new innovations in reality modeling technology which greatly simplify the process of capturing, processing, and using data to create engineering-ready 3D models.  A 3D engineering-ready reality mesh created in ContextCapture comparing (left to right) photogrammetry, LiDAR, and a hybrid input. (Image courtesy of Bentley Systems and City of Strasbourg) Dell All-in-One Desktop Computer Offers Touch Screen and 10 SpeakersThursday, April 13th, 2017The “new in January” Dell All-in-One desktop computer XPS 27 Windows 10 PC which sports a 27” screen with touch screen is one of the popular “All-in-One” computers that are offered by various hardware vendors today. Because of the computer’s ten speakers and great sound system, it may be extremely popular with those who want to hold a concert in their home.  Dell All-in-One XPS 27 Desktop Computer CloudCities Adds Procedural Terrains for AEC ProfessionalsThursday, March 30th, 2017CloudCities announced an update to their cloud platform for building insights that adds procedural terrains and advanced search features. CloudCities for AEC professionals and their clients highly simplifies the process of creating 3D plans and combining them with data. The new version makes it possible to immerse the models in beautiful terrains that load quickly and are generated procedurally. The new CloudCities is now available at cloudcities.io.
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