Category: Extended Reality
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Meet Ben Guy, CEO of Urban Circus
The evolution of digital 3D visualization is allowing everyone to experience and participate in urban planning in unprecedented ways. That’s the topic of Aarni Heiskanen’s interview with Dr. Ben Guy, head of Urban Circus and a keynote speaker at the WDBE. ”Communication is everything,” argues Ben. “Communication happens every day, and it can make or…
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Meet Damon Hernandez, Founder of the AEC Hackathon
I sat down with Damon Hernandez in Helsinki at Urban3, the home base of the Finnish digital built environment ecosystem. We discussed the AEC Hackathon and Damon’s passion for connecting the digital and physical worlds. I initially met Damon Hernandez in November 2015 at the first AEC Hackathon in Finland. The hackathon followed the trademark…
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Ben Guy Brings a Human Scale to Planning with 3D Tech
Dr. Ben Guy, the founder and CEO of UC 3D Planning Technologies – Urban Circus – is Aarni Heiskanen’s guest on the WDBE Talks podcast. They discuss the use of 3D visualization technologies to bring a human scale to urban development and construction. Ben is a keynote speaker at WDBE 2022. Urban Circus is a…
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Hacking Your Thinking with Damon Hernandez
Aarni’s guest on this episode of WDBE Talks is Damon Hernandez, co-founder of the AEC Hackathon and an extended reality expert. Damon attends the 90 Day Finn program by Helsinki Partners. The three-month residence allows him to explore Finnish business and technology ecosystems and create new connections with built environment trailblazers. Damon has worked with…
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Discovering the Right AEC Tech for You with Niknaz Aftahi
Niknaz Aftahi is the CEO and co-founder of aec+tech (aecplustech.com), an all-in-one innovation platform and community connecting AEC/O professionals with the latest tools and technologies. In this WDBE Talks interview by Aarni Heiskanen, Niknaz discusses construction sector innovation and technology and how she helps AEC professionals discover the right tech solutions. Our discussion covers Niknaz’s…
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Extended Reality News 7/2022 – AEC Business
Here are the July 2022 topics covered in the Extended Reality issue of the AEC Business newsletter. Subscribe! Lori Hufford of Bentley Systems: The intersection of digital twins, the metaverse, and the physical world is an ideal place to invest, allowing global teams to collaborate and solve complex infrastructure problems. Read more A digital partner…
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BMW Group Digitalizes All Its Vehicle Plants Using 3D Laser Scanning
By early 2023, the BMW Group will have a digital scan of every one of its vehicle plants worldwide. In this way, the company is systematically merging the real and virtual worlds and tapping into the enormous potential for highly efficient planning of future plant structures and production facilities. “This opens up entirely new possibilities…
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Gamification for Visualisation Applications in the Construction Industry
Gamification is adding game features and mechanisms to non-gaming contexts, which aims to deliver enhanced user experience, engagement, and outcomes. Gamification can be integrated with visualisation applications (e.g., virtual reality) to enable further purposes, such as education, training, and analysis. The core structure of these gamified applications echoes the essence of serious games (SGs). SGs…
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Autodesk to Acquire The Wild, the Extended Reality AEC Solutions Provider
Autodesk has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Wild, a cloud-connected, extended reality (XR) platform, which includes its namesake solutions, The Wild, and IrisVR. The Wild enables AEC professionals to present, collaborate and review projects together in immersive and interactive experiences, from anywhere and at any time. IrisVR, part of the Wild, empowers teams to host more…
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Claim Your Piece of the Metaverse in Cornerstone
Marko Martiskainen, CCO of Zoan, is the guest on the AEC Business podcast. He talks about Cornerstone, Zoan’s photorealistic metaverse, where you can buy land with cryptocurrency. Cornerstone is a virtual volcanic island in the middle of the photorealistic metaverse. Its developer is Zoan, a virtual reality studio. In Cornerstone, virtual land is bought and…