Autodesk
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One of the projects I've been working on – alongside Simon Breslav, a colleague from Autodesk Research Toronto – is a prototype, web-based client for our IoT back-end. I'll be demoing it next week at the Forge DevCon. It uses Forge's viewer component to provide access to sensor readings from within a 3D model. Here are a few sequences of images to give you an idea of what it does. It's still early days, but we're steadily working towards feature parity with the desktop-based Project Dasher. The first sequence shows how you can view the sensors in a building model:…
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Following up from last week's post, which included a brief video showing where we're headed with generative design, today's post highlights a speech by my colleague in Autodesk's Office of the CTO (OCTO), Maurice Conti. I've mentioned Maurice before: he has an Applied Research team working on Pier 9 that is currently hiring a Machine Learning + Robotics researcher. Maurice gave a speech at TEDx Portland entitled "The Future of Human Augmentation". It looks at how we're being augmented, not only by computational systems (helping us think) but by robotic systems (helping us make) and by a digital nervous system…
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I was just sent this short video that captures the essence of the Dreamcatcher project beautifully. Be sure to check it out if you're interested in what Autodesk Research is up to in the field of generative design. You won't regret it. Exciting stuff!
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My friend and colleague on the ADN team, Lisa Senauke, helped get a bunch of special-branded VR viewers for the upcoming Forge DevCon. If you're coming along and don't get one from attending my class, be sure to swing by the exhibit hall and pick one up. This is the latest "Google Cardboard"-style device from our friends at DODOcase and should even fit 6" smartphones (a problem with the previous generation). They look really cool, even if I do say so myself (I spent a few wild hours inside PhotoShop to create the layout, believe it or not). A big…
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Now that the Tech Summit in Montreal is over, I'm busy with the last bits and pieces in advance of the Forge DevCon in San Francisco. I know I mentioned at some point that I'm helping organise the VR/AR presence at the event – working with internal and external speakers and exhibitors – and it's taking up most of my spare cycles, at the moment. I'm presenting one of the VR sessions myself (as well as co-speaking during an IoT session, but that's another story): one focused on using the View & Data API to implement VR for Google Cardboard.…
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The Autodesk office in Montreal is the home of 3ds Max and various other video effects and game-related technologies. It also has fun spinny chairs in their open area. Ideal for making silly animated GIFs. Because Friday. Next week I'll be making a big push to make sure all things VR-related are ready for the Forge DevCon. We're in the home stretch: there's still time to sign up, if you're able to be in San Francisco in mid-June!
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So far it's been a great few days in Montreal at this year's Autodesk Tech Summit. The event just keeps getting bigger: we're now up to 750 attendees over a 3-day conference with around 150 speakers. I spoke on the first day about using the View & Data API to enable VR – something I'll be talking about again at the Forge DevCon, for external attendees. I'm happy with how the session went – it was a fun crowd. Here's a selfie posted by a couple of people who came along… The rest of the day was spent in other…
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As mentioned, last week, I'm going to be hanging out in the AutoCAD .NET forum for the next few hours. I'll try to do a little live blogging here… so check back often. And remember to join me in the Google Hangout! 15:10 CEST / 6:10 PDT Sitting here with at Autodesk Neuchatel with Celine and Camilo (aka ^CEL and ^CAM from AutodeskHelp), waiting for the questions to come in. 16:50 CEST / 7:50 PDT Well, the Hangout was interesting. On the one hand, I didn't realise you had to enable Q&A before launching the "Hangout On Air", but…
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We have our annual, internal Technical Summit coming up in a couple of weeks. I'll be heading across to Montreal with 700+ other Autodesk employees to learn more about the cool stuff going on within the company. As I've done in previous years, I'll do my best to report information that I think will be interesting to this blog's readers (and that is ready to be discussed publicly, of course). One of the event's activities is being hosted by my team: the IoT Hackday. We'll have 30+ participants spread across 8 different teams. Each team will get provided some sensors,…
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One year ago Autodesk held our first ever Answer Day for people to get answers regarding the use of AutoCAD (and its APIs). While I didn't participate in the original event, myself, I was pleased to see a new approach being tried for connecting users of our products with the people who create them. You can think of these Answer Days as a kind of AMA for Autodesk software. The original event paved the way for several others and all have proven to be worthwhile: not just for Autodesk customers struggling with frustrating probems but for the Autodesk employees who…