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1. The 4th VDWC and the 2nd CPWC on Cloud will be coming soon.
2. Overseas
Training and Seminars
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1. The 5th VDWC and the 3nd CPWC on Cloud will be coming soon.
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The 5th Virtual Design World Cup
The 5th Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services
-Competition for designing an advanced construction
engineering-works on Cloud, making full use of BIM/CIM and VR!-
Theme 2015
"Redevelopment of Keelung Station Area in Taiwan"
This is an international competition for students to compete amongst each other in designing innovative architecture using BIM/CIM &VR technologies.
Every year students compete for the top prize which is given for outstanding work outlining a predefined theme in the aspect of design, innovative idea, and creativity. The students must plan and design their work based on the theme and then run a simulation. The final 3D model will be presented to the judges in the form of a script for evaluation.
To assist the students with the production of their work, Forum8 plan to carry out workshops and seminars. We will also support the students online and lots of helpful information can be found through the Web and VR forum ( 3D cloud BBS ).
A script of VR data created by FORUM8's software and a "Concept poster" (A1 size (lateral) in PDF format) are required for the final submission and the judgment is performed on the basis of "VR Cloud judgment".
We would like you to use FORUM8's BIM software and VR technologies by all
means and consider this competition as an opportunity to create your masterpiece.
We encourage all students from all departments majoring in different fields
of study to enter a team to work on a model together to demonstrate that
BIM/CIM can be utilized in many different ways.
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| < Overview > |
| Organizers |
Virtual Design World Cup Executive Committee |
Judging
Committee |
Prof. Yasushi Ikeda (Graduate School of Keio University / Chief of executive committee of VDWC / Representative of IKDS)
Mr. Yoshihisa Hanamura(NPO Civil Machizukudi Station)
Associate Prof. Kostas Terzidis (Harvard University, USA)
Mr. DAVID TSENG (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Mr. Patrik Jensen (National University of Singapore) |
| Qualification for applicant |
All the team members involved should be either students or working students.
There must be at least 3 members in your team to apply.
Please make sure you outline the work contributed by each member of your team. |
| Guideline for applicants |
Theme2015
"Redevelopment of Keelung Station Area in Taiwan"
It was decided that the target site for VDWC2015 will be Keelung Station Area in Taiwan, and this is first time that a location outside Japan is set as target site since we launched the competition 4 years ago. Keelung is a major port city accessible in about 40 minutes by car traveling North from Taipei. The geography of the area with a deep inlet and surrounding mountains is fit for a port, attributing to the city's long history as a seaport dating back to the 17th century.
It is still the second largest container harbor in Taiwan, and ranks 39th
in the world in container-handling capacity. The Keelung Station area situated
in the inner harbor is planned for redevelopment to change Keelung's image
and industry from cargo-shipping to tourism and business purpose and to
enable the city to function as major seaport catering for a growing demand
in those industries. As part of the redevelopment project, construction
to move the station's platform underground, 2 entrances to the station
building located on the north and south side of the station to different
locations, and bus terminus above the new platform is currently underway.
The next phase of redevelopment project planned to take place soon after
the aforementioned construction involves the redevelopment of the current
station building and station front, which are bound to become a major access
point to the city, plus commercial facilities. In addition, the construction
of a large international cruise terminal whose design will be chosen through
an international design competition is planned in the neighboring area,
and when completed, the new terminal will attract many tourists on large
passenger ships from around the world. Furthermore, other large railway
traffic networks such as MRT and LRT are also under consideration, and
the crucial element for the regeneration of the area from a historic town
to an attractive tourist spot is indeed the redevelopment of the station
front in such a way as to turn it into a major transportation node. Ideas
in line with the theme that add an attractive element to the space within
the target site with a potential of promoting a good coordination of various
functions catering for passenger traffic focusing on those that alleviate
the flow of mingling pedestrians which in turn causes a regeneration of
the city of Keelung, and in addition, add a generic value to the aspect
of usability, energy conservation, and measures against disasters are expected
in the deliverables.
The works and design in which we can see that the effective use of simulation with BIM function for design process allows to theoretically support the bold proposal or complicated configuration and the effective use of VR in the presentation allows for the experience of navigating through VR space depicting the target site, something difficult to experience when only drawings are used, will be expected to be submitted. |
| Judging standard |
Using UC-win/Road is mandatory for the creation of the work.
In addition, contestants must use at least one or more of FORUM8's software/solutions
to create their work, which must have the element of the BIM/CIM and VR
and the capability of being used in these disciplines.
The works will be evaluated by how the new design was created in terms
of the availability of BIM/CIM and also VR, duration of creating work and
its quality, logicality and technical capabilities, and originality and
presentation skills will also be evaluated.
*1 Copyright
- All contents of the awarded VR data is the copyright of each applicants.
- The submitted VR data will not be distributed, but FORUM8 has a right to
use the data and works, edit and reproduce the images and videos etc and
post or introduce it on the website, magazines, books, newspaper etc as
a sales activity or an advertisement as a secondary user of VR data.
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| Deliverables |
- The VR data created by using the software/solution licensed free of charge to the contestants,
- PDF file of A1 sized poster (oriented horizontally).
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Application term
/ Schedule |
| Registration Period |
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April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015 |
Rental duration
for free licenses |
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April 9 (Thu) - November 27 (Fri), 2015 |
1st round presentation
/review (*2) |
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June 29 (Mon), 2015 |
| Project Submission Period |
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October 1 (Thu) - October 6 (Tue), 2015 |
| Judging Period (*3) |
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October 9 (Fri) - October 15 (Thu), 2015 |
| Announcement of nominees |
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October 16 (Fri), 2015 |
| Award Ceremony |
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November 19 (Thu), 2015
Venue : Shinagawa Intercity Hall |
*2 The overview of the submitted work will be presented and reviewed at
the International VR Symposium The 5th Summer Workshop in Greece
*3 Travelling and accommodation fee are provided for the selected teams
for nominated works.
(Up to 3 members from the area other thanr Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.) |
| Prix |
The World Cup Prize Award is worth 300,000 yen!
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Award 300,000 yen, world cup, award certificate |
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Award 100,000 yen, excellent prize cup, award certificate |
| Judge's special prize : 5 |
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Award 50,000 yen, judge's special prize, award certificate |
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Award certificate, a panel of their work, memorials, FORUM8 original gift |
| Participation Prize (for all applicants whose works satisfy the rules) |
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Award certificate for all applicants whose works satisfy the rules. |
*Travelling and accommodation fee are provided for the selected teams for
nominated works.
(Up to 3 members from the area other than Kanto area and 2 members from
overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.) |
| How to entry |
Entry flow
- Go to our exclusive website to register online during the registration
period (April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015).
- After your entry has been accepted, we will send you the following information:
- Registration ID
- Download link for VR site model and materials we provide for you to work on.
- How to apply for the software you want to rent and workshop you want to join.
- Please fill in the application form for "Software you wish to rent" and "Seminar you wish to participate" as required, to apply.
- Please submit your final entry via our online submission form coming to
you shortly, during the project submission period (October 1 (Thu) - October
6 (Tue)). We will then send you the site (the 3DVR cloud server) on which
you can test your work, along with your ID and password.
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The 3nd Cloud Programming World Cup
-Put your 3D VR Cloud application programming skills to the test using FORUM8's Software Development Kit (SDK)!
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| < Overview > |
| Organizers |
Cloud Programming World Cup Executive Committee |
| Judging Committee |
Tomohiro Fukuda (Head of judges and associate professor from the Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
Hiroyuki Hakura (Delegate of "The Forum for Advancement of Stereoscopic Three Dimensional Image Technology and Arts"; and designated professor of Digital Hollywood University, Graduate School )
Associate Prof. Narahara Taro (Associate professor from the College of Architectural Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Yoann Pencreach (Chief Manager of VR development group, FORUM8) |
| Qualification for applicant |
All the team members involved should be either students or working students.
There must be at least 3 members in your team to apply.
Please make sure you outline the work contributed by each member of your team. |
| Guideline for applicants |
The objective of the competition is to develop software that can run on
VR-Cloud® using UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit) and VR-Cloud®
SDK. This software could be: all-purpose software, application programs,
engineering software, business software or gaming software.
-UC-win/Road -UC-win/Road SDK -VR-Cloud® -VR-Cloud® SDK
-Unique transmission technology a3s (Anything as a Service) SDK
Examples of application that can be developed using the SDK |
| Judging Standard |
Competing students are asked to submit a set of source codes of the software
they used and a Power Point slide that gives an explanation on the source
codes.
The work will be evaluated on how well SDK was used in the creation of the cloud software from the aspect of programming quality, rationality, technicality, aesthetics, originality, and how well it is presented.
*1 Copyright
- All contents of the awarded VR data is the copyright of each applicants.
- The submitted VR data will not be distributed, but FORUM8 has a right to
use the data and works, edit and reproduce the images and videos etc. and
post or introduce it on website, magazines, books, newspaper etc as a sales
activity or an advertisement as a secondary user of VR data.
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| Deliverable |
- Application program
- Source code and script (text format)
- Simplified user manual for the program (Word format)
- Concept of the program, future task and idea etc. (PowerPoint format)
*Not only the program but also including the contents would be fine. |
| Schedule |
| Registration Period |
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April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015
After entering the competition, each team has until June 19, 2015 to submit
their work plan. |
| Rental duration for free licenses |
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April 9 (Thu) - November 27 (Fri), 2015 |
| 1st round presentation/review (*2) |
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June 29 (Mon), 2015 |
| Project Submission Period |
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October 1 (Thu) - October 6 (Tue), 2015 |
| Judging Period |
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October 9 (Fri) - October 15 (Thu), 2015 |
| Announcement of nominees |
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October 16 (Fri), 2015 |
| Award Ceremony |
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November 19 (Thu), 2015
Venue : Shinagawa Intercity Hall |
*2 The overview of the submitted work will be presented and reviewed at the International VR Symposium The 5th Summer Workshop in Hawaii.
*3 Travelling and accommodation fee are provided for the selected teams
for nominated works.
(Up to 3 members from the area other thanr Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.) |
| Prix |
The Cloud Programming Cup Prize Award is worth 300,000 yen!
| Cloud Programming Cup Prize : 1 |
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Award 300,000 yen, world cup, award certificate |
| Judge's special prize : 3-4 |
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Award 50,000 yen, judge's special prize, award certificate |
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Award certificate, a panel of their work, memorials, FORUM8 original gift |
| Participation Prize (for all applicants whose works satisfy the rules) |
*Travelling and accommodation fee are provided for the selected teams for
nominated works.
(Up to 3 members from the area other thanr Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.) |
| How to entry |
Entry flow
- Go to our exclusive website to register online during the registration
period (April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015).
- After your entry has been accepted, we will send you the following information:
- Registration ID
- Download link for VR site model and materials we provide for you to work on.
- How to apply for the software you want to rent and workshop you want to join.
- Please fill in the application form for "Software you wish to rent" and "Seminar you wish to participate" as required, to apply.
- Please submit your final entry via our online submission form coming to
you shortly, during the project submission period (October 1 (Thu) - October
6 (Tue), 2015). We will then send you the site (the 3DVR cloud server)
on which you can test your work, along with your ID and password.
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| 2.
Overseas Seminars and Exhibition |
Exhibition
| Date |
Exhibition Name |
Location |
| Mar. 30 - Apr. 1 |
AWRA (xpswmm) |
LA USA |
| Apr. 19 - 22 |
GIS-T Symposium |
Des Moines, USA |
| May 13 - 15 |
AASHTO Spring Meet |
Cheyenne, USA |
| Jun. 5 - 6 |
Modelling World |
London, UK |
| Jun. 15 - 18 |
Automotive Testing Expo |
Stuttgart, Germany |
| Sep. 20 - 23 |
Innotrans (Rail) |
Berlin, Germany |
| Oct. 5 - 9 |
ITS World Congress |
Bordeaux, France |
| Nov. 18 - 20 |
Forum8 Design Festival |
Tokyo Japan |
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