User-centered interface design increasingly gains importance in modern mobility design to provide sophisticated experiences for the customer. Looking at advanced display technologies and the growing possibilities for human-machine interaction, Porsche wants to ensure a driver-centered and fully interactive product experience. Therefore, it is more important than ever to enable both designers and board members as well to get a highly realistic and fully immersive experience of their products in the early stages of the design process. Not only to integrate advanced technologies like augmented reality (AR) seamlessly into the design concept, but also to be able to explore which technologies can enhance the driver experience in which way. This class will give you an inside view into how Porsche is using VRED software to collaborate with other departments and provide new possibilities for UX/user-interface experiences in the early design process.

In this class, we’ll use Unity to develop an immersive walk-through of a finalized InfraWorks model. In InfraWorks, we’ll learn methods to optimize our complex tree geometry and export the final product meshes. In Unity, we’ll import our data, apply collision and physic variables, formulate a first-person camera asset, and export a final build of the walk-through. The final build can be demonstrated and shared with stakeholders, encouraging them to explore the project on their own terms.

Discover the transformative power of Autodesk Workshop XR software in this introductory hands-on lab designed to revolutionize your design review process. Experience how leading firms like Stantec, TMX Global, and Worley accelerate their projects using this immersive workspace. Equipped with Meta Quest VR headsets, you'll gain an understanding of how to walk through your Autodesk Construction Cloud models and use virtual tools to review details with precision—all within an immersive environment. This innovative approach quickly identifies spatial issues often missed on regular screens or with automated clash detection. It efficiently resolves problems, saving time and resources. By the end of the session, you'll understand how Workshop XR can sustainably guide projects from design to construction. We’ll provide everything you need, including laptops and Meta Quest headsets. Just bring your innovative spirit and readiness to explore new dimensions in design review with Autodesk Workshop XR.

In this interactive hands-on lab, you'll learn how to use Autodesk Workshop XR (an immersive workspace) as an essential tool to accelerate your design review process, as have leading firms such as Stantec, HKS, and AtkinsRéalis. Together, we will create a workshop using a 3D model from Autodesk Construction Cloud. Then, using the provided Meta Quest VR headsets, you will have the opportunity to experience the immersive power of collaboratively walking through the model. By reviewing the model in detail and having live access to the associated building information modeling (BIM) data, you can identify spatial issues faster—issues that get missed when viewing on a regular screen or automated clash detection. Take the learnings from this hands-on lab back to your team and empower them to move successfully from design to construction more efficiently and sustainably. We will provide the laptops and the Meta Quest headsets; all you need to bring is your innovative spirit.

In this interactive hands-on lab, you'll learn how to use Autodesk Workshop XR (an immersive workspace) as an essential tool to accelerate your design review process, as have leading firms such as Stantec, HKS, and AtkinsRéalis. Together, we will create a workshop using a 3D model from Autodesk Construction Cloud. Then, using the provided Meta Quest VR headsets, you will have the opportunity to experience the immersive power of collaboratively walking through the model. By reviewing the model in detail and having live access to the associated building information modeling (BIM) data, you can identify spatial issues faster—issues that get missed when viewing on a regular screen or automated clash detection. Take the learnings from this hands-on lab back to your team and empower them to move successfully from design to construction more efficiently and sustainably. We will provide the laptops and the Meta Quest headsets; all you need to bring is your innovative spirit.

In this interactive hands-on lab, you'll learn how to use Autodesk Workshop XR (an immersive workspace) as an essential tool to accelerate your design review process, as did leading firms such as Stantec, HKS, and AtkinsRéalis. We'll walk you through creating a workshop using a 3D model from Autodesk Construction Cloud. Then, using the provided Meta Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets, you'll experience the immersive power of collaboratively walking through the model. By reviewing the model in detail and having live access to the associated building information modeling (BIM) data, you can identify spatial issues faster—issues that get missed when viewing on a regular screen or with automated clash detection. Take the learnings from this hands-on lab back to your team members, and empower them to move successfully from design to construction more efficiently and sustainably. We'll provide the laptops and the Meta Quest headsets; all you need to bring is your innovative spirit.

In the past, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry relied heavily on in-person interaction, physical models, and 2D visuals. Communicating design intent in this way —especially with COVID-19 impacting the future of work—has posed challenges for design reviews and coordination meetings to provide the right context for all stakeholders. Using real-time BIM enables companies to create immersive, interactive experiences for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Companies can conduct design reviews between designers, owners, and construction trades irrespective of geographic location and iterate across teams before the concrete is poured. This session will explain how Unity Reflect enables immersive design review and coordination to empower better collaboration and faster decision making, bridging the gap between designers and decision makers.

Design reviews are evolving—fast. In this session, we’ll explore how combining Twinmotion with Autodesk Workshop XR software enables architects and designers to conduct real-time, immersive design reviews that transcend screens and static presentations. You'll learn how to create engaging virtual environments that allow distributed teams and stakeholders to walk through projects, discuss changes spatially, and provide input live within the design context. We'll cover best practices for Workshop XR integration in design workflows, discuss hardware and collaboration protocols, and share insights from real-world implementation, including strategies to boost client involvement and decision-making speed.

Traditional structural reviews, especially for complex projects, often struggle to convey spatial complexities and foster true collaboration. Autodesk Workshop XR is Autodesk’s groundbreaking virtual reality (VR) platform seamlessly integrated with Autodesk Construction Cloud—and it is designed to overcome these barriers. This session will show how Thornton Tomasetti came to use Autodesk Workshop XR and is transforming structural engineering workflows. Learn how to conduct instant, immersive design reviews directly from Autodesk Construction Cloud models, fostering real-time collaboration among engineers, architects, contractors, and owners in a shared virtual space. We’ll explore how this enhances communication, accelerates the identification of structural challenges in renovations, and streamlines issue tracking directly within VR back to Autodesk Construction Cloud. Through practical examples and live demonstrations, discover how the Autodesk solutions deliver tangible benefits, such as reduced errors, cost savings, and, ultimately, more-successful building projects.

Project Sugarhill is a technical preview of virtual reality (VR) conceptual design tools enabling artists and designers to start their creative process directly in 3D. Using simple curve and surface tools, designers can explore form and shape while being fully immersed alongside their design. This introductory class will demonstrate how to use the VR controllers for creation and manipulation of geometry, and how the various creation tools work. Other topics will include how planar and radial symmetry speed up the creative process, how reference images and geometry can be imported to help with the creation of designs, and how to change the color of geometry. Lastly, you will learn how to move geometry from Project Sugarhill to Alias AutoStudio and other 3D software packages.

Autodesk Labs: Project Boulder for InfraWorks 360 software brings together the immersive 3D design environment that is perfectly suited for immersive design and analysis. Project Boulder is a collaboration with Hydronia RiverFlow2D that provides the ability to simulate, visualize, and animate 2D flood events directly in the InfraWorks 360 software model environment while using the Hydronia RiverFlow2D computation model.

There are so many new technologies out there in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Which ones should your structural firm know? Which ones should you adopt into your office workflow? Which ones should you share with your clients? Join us as we go through a sample structural workflow using the latest technologies to solve issues along the way. We will take you from conceptual design, through documentation, through collaboration, and finally through CA—while taking advantage of Dynamo software, adaptive components, and advanced Revit software structural modeling and analysis. We will also show you how to use some of the latest game engine technology for presentations, quality control, and immersive design collaboration. Hold on tight—this is going to be a fast ride through the workflow of the structural engineer of the future. This session features Revit Structure. AIA Approved

Following the very successful class of Autodesk University 2018, this year we bring you more economics, more lessons, and a very practical guide of how to save millions with immersive design with not one but two case studies. IM Designs, MRV, and BASF Suvinil will tell you two stories about how they saved millions and revolutionized their customer presence and customization with immersive visualization. MRV is the largest construction company of Latin America, and BASF is the world’s largest chemical company. These two giants relied on virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) to boost sales and add value to their businesses, while saving budget. Igor Macedo, CTO of IM Designs, is here to tell you how we help them achieve those objectives. You’ll learn about real-time rendering and optimization, how to deal with large data sets, and the necessary user experience that you must provide in order to take your extended reality (XR) idea and your business to the next level. Autodesk University 2019 is going to be legendary! We hope you love this class and get really motivated!

We will cover the various techniques used in the film and television industry when dealing with sensitive sites or locations. This class will also address the use of ReCap Pro software for reality capture using point clouds with photogeometry and exporting the appropriate file format when importing into Revit software to assist in the manipulation of the site design (set design). We’ll examine use of storyboard techniques translated by production designers to create construction documents and renderings for both site location and set designs (exterior and interior) with Revit and 3ds Max software. We’ll also learn how cloud collaboration improves the workflow between various disciplines within the art department and production show runners for faster turnaround using virtual reality walk-throughs. We’ll also examine immersive design with the use of augmented reality and mixed reality to determine what is actually constructed, what is virtually constructed, and what is sent out for fabrication when constructing film sets.