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Vol.104 2015/06/18


1. FORUM8 Deadline for registration to the 5th VDWC / 3rd CPWC on Cloud is tomorrow!
2. Overseas Training and Seminars

1. FORUM8 Deadline for registration to the 5th VDWC / 3rd CPWC on Cloud is tomorrow!

Resistration Period : April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015




The 5th Virtual Design World Cup
The 5th Students BIM & VR Design Contest on Cloud
-Cloud-based design competition for civil engineering and construction works with BIM/CIM and VR! -

Theme 2015
"Redevelopment of Keelung Station Area in Taiwan"

This is an international design competition for students to compete amongst each other in designing an innovative architecture, bridge and city design using BIM/CIM &VR technologies.
Every year students compete for the top prize which is given to an outstanding work outlining a predefined theme in the aspect of design, innovative idea, and creativity. They plan and design their work based on the theme and then run a simulation. Their final model will be presented to the judges in a form of a script for evaluation.
To assist students with the production of their work, we plan to carry out workshops and seminars. We will also support the students who will make use of software from now on. Also you can communicate and collect a lot of information without having to visit the local area by participating various workshop reviews through the Web and VR forum ( 3D cloud BBS ). The 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 students from different departments majoring in different field of studies to make a team to work on their model together to demonstrate that BIM/CIM can be used in various discipline.

<Overview>
Organizer 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. Patrick Janssen (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 Theme 2015
"Redevelopment of Keelung Station Area in Taiwan"

Theme2015
It was decided that the target site for VDWC2015 will be Keelung Station Area in Taiwan. This is the first time that a location outside Japan has been the focus of the competition. Keelung is a major port city accessible in about 40 minutes by car traveling North from Taipei.

We are looking for ideas that add an attractive element to the 3D space within the target site. Ideas that have the potential of promoting the good coordination of the various functions of the station. This includes catering for passenger traffic, focusing on the alleviation the flow of mingling pedestrians.
The objective is to assist in the regeneration of the city of Keelung, and in addition, add value to the aspect of usability, energy conservation, as well as suggesting measures that could mitigate against future disasters.

The judges will expect that the final work shows the effective use of simulation with BIM function in the overall design, and the effective use of VR in the presentation script, allowing the viewer to navigate through the target 3D VR space, something difficult to experience when only 2D drawings are used.
How to entry Please send the filled out entry form which can be downloaded from below to the following e-mail address along with the scanned students' ID cards of all of your members during the registration period (April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015).
  E-mail : bim@forum8.co.jp
 (Word、240KB)
Please use the "Fill-out Form for Work Plan" to type in the title of your work, your team name and team members, and to present your work with an explanation of its overview (in 100 words in English) and image(s).

*All of the works will be judged on an anonymous basis. Please choose a team name and title by which an individual or group CANNOT be identified.
For Inquiries FORUM8 Co., Ltd Tokyo head office Publishing team in charge of Virtual Design World Cup
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021 Japan
TEL : 03-6894-1888    E-mail : bim@forum8.co.jp
PDF
PDF file of the poster for The 5th Virtual Design World Cup
can be downloaded from here (230KB).



Virtual Design World Cup on cloud on cloud Programming version
The 3rd Cloud Programming World Cup
-Put your programming skills of 3DVR Cloud application to the test with FORUM8's Software Development Kit (SDK)!-


<Overview>
Organizer Cloud Programming World Cup Executive Committee
Judging Committee Associate Prof. Tomohiro Fukuda (Head of judges and associate professor from the Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
Mr. 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)
Mr. Yoann Pencreach (Chief Manager of VR development group, FORUM8)
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 game 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
How to entry Please send the filled out entry form which can be downloaded from below to the following e-mail address along with the scanned students' ID cards of all of your members during the registration period (April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015).
  E-mail : cpwc@forum8.co.jp
 (Word、240KB)
Please use the "Fill-out Form for Work Plan" to type in the title of your work, your team name and team members, and to present your work with an explanation of its overview (in 100 words in English) and image(s).

*All of the works will be judged on an anonymous basis. Please choose a team name and title by which an individual or group CANNOT be identified.
For Inquiries FORUM8 Co., Ltd Tokyo head office Publishing team in charge of Virtual Design World Cup
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021 Japan
TEL : 03-6894-1888    E-mail : cpwc@forum8.co.jp
PDF
PDF file of the poster for The 3rd Cloud Programming World Cup
can be downloaded from here (161KB).
2. Overseas Exhibition and Seminars
Exhibition

Date Exhibition Name Location
July 1 - 3 Occupational Therapy Aust National Conference Melbourne Australia
August 17 - 20 SimTect Adelaide, Australia
Sep. 20 - 23 Innotrans (Rail) Berlin, Germany
Oct. 5 - 9 ITS World Congress Bordeaux, France
Nov. 18 - 20 Forum8 Design Festival Tokyo Japan

For more information and applications, please email us at

mailto :
office@forum8.com


Seminars

Applicants for VDWC and CPWC can participate in training and seminar (free or paid) on the software held by FORUM8 on the Web through a simultaneous interpretation. Please click below to check the seminars.

Seminars for VDWC

Seminars for CPWC

Seminars will be added in the future.




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