Tag: VRED

  • Car Design Dialogues: EMEA virtual event

    On the heels of the incredibly successful Car Design News Car Design Dialogues event held for North America in December, CDN is hosting another virtual event for its customers in Europe March 17th and 18. Car Design News has been well known for their Designer Night Events around the major auto shows. Held around the…

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  • The Call of the future: Project Arrow and the winning team

    What does the APMA do in response to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s call to action for a net-zero emission economy by 2050? Engage young, fresh, and motivated minds. Cue Project Arrow. As Canada’s national association for OEM producers, the APMA has led several innovative and collaborative projects within Canada’s automotive industry since 2014. But…

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  • ALIAS Create VR: Setting the scene (video 4)

    An integral part of any workflow is rendering, where we can see a refined model painted, in the right environment, with appropriate lighting. It’s hard to fully capture the value this offers: the reality of seeing your rendered, photorealistic model in VR, being able to vary paint colors, and being in this immersive environment to…

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  • Ford’s realtime design review: A conversation with the team behind the scenes

    Back in May, when the world was deep in the grips of the Covid crisis, Car Design News and Ford shared a look into their virtual design review process, which Lukas Faith reviewed in June on the Design Studio Blog. Since then, we have been working with the Ford team behind the scenes, to gain…

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  • Car Design Dialogues virtual event

    Car Design News has been well known for its Designer Night Events around the major auto shows. Held around the world, including LA, Detroit, Frankfurt, and Tokyo, their events are always worth the time. Things are going to be a little different this year, given the coronavirus pandemic that has laid siege to the world.…

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  • Autodesk University 2020 – Alias, VRED and ShotGrid

    Autodesk 2020 is happening November 17-22. With being completely virtual and free his year, it is a great opportunity to dive in and take advantage of the long list of classes, keynotes and presentations – without the hustle of traveling. There is no cost to attend AU 2020, but registration is required to participate. Tune…

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  • Hill Helicopter’s HX50: A masterclass in design realization

    We know that our products are purpose-built to support modern automotive and conceptual design. We’re always thrilled to hear our customers share their stories of easier workflows, collaborative reviews, and high-quality visualizations. And, occasionally, we get to hear a story outside our usual world of automotive design, and it reminds us of why we do…

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  • VRED 2021.2 update release

    The VRED 2021.2 release focused heavily on addressing issues and enhancements to existing functionality. These enhancements included updates to the Python API, a new UV Editor projection mode, an updated SDK for OpenVR and Oculus, among other miscellaneous updates. This release offers a total of 4 new features, 9 improvements and 19 fixes. Domeble Assets…

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  • Varjo, KIA, NVIDIA and Autodesk are merging digital and physical worlds for automotive design

    We’re excited to announce the outcome of our collaboration with Varjo, Kia, Nvidia and Autodesk – the integration of Autodesk VRED and the VARJO XR-1 Developer Edition. This is a first step towards merging the best of the virtual and the real world by combining VRED’s rendering prowess with Varjo’s high-resolution XR technology. “You’d think…

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  • Secrets of automotive designer elites: Vince Galante

    Vince Galante, Head of User Experience, FCA Vince Galante is Head of User Experience at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), where he has worked for 14 years. Previously, Galante was a senior manager in the Jeep Exterior Design Studio. He graduated from the College for Creative Services (CCS) in 2005 with a degree in transportation design,…

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  • Secrets of the automotive designer elites: Jordan Beckley

    Jordan Beckley works with the Ford training team to create design-specific courses and training in digital software. He is an expert in Autodesk Alias, VRED, Speedform, Gravity Sketch, and Adobe CC applications, specializing in 3D design, modeling, and virtual reality creation and visualization tools. He is also an adjunct professor of 3D visualization and rendering at…

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  • VRED 2021.1 update release

    The VRED 2021 release focused its efforts on Rendering and Collaboration. These two areas are among the most integral to do the work you do, and we believe in keeping you connected and working as efficiently as possible. The 2021 release included the addition of GPU raytracing, a packable VRED scene executable in VRED Go,…

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  • 904e – a masterclass in collaborative digital concept design

    If you want to see industrial design, automotive concepts AND digital rendering all in one place, look no further than the portfolio of award-winning senior designer Mike Turner. I’ve enjoyed a 20 year+ professional relationship with Mike that comes with a high regard for the simplicity and clarity of his designs. It’s been a pleasure…

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  • A creative digital pipeline with Alias, VRED & ShotGrid

    On Wednesday July 22, Phil Botley, Lukas Fäth and I (Brandon Tasker) hosted another Car Design News webinar, where we shared our vision of a digital pipeline using Autodesk tools. The three of us often talk about our tools independently—we know, and like to share, the individual strengths of Alias, VRED & ShotGrid. But this…

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  • The Holy Grail: GPU realtime raytracing

    Simon Nagel and I have made two Deep Dive videos on our new VRED GPU Ray Tracing technology that we’re really excited to share with you. But rather than just dropping the videos on YouTube, we wanted to give you the story about why we did it and how we got here. The Context I’ve…

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