Want to be the next Tony Stark? Then this session is for you! Come explore this extended reality (XR) buyer's guide with a quick overview of virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) industry workflows, ensuring optimum immersive as well as augmented experiences. As the VR/AR industry advances toward innovative solutions with tethered and untethered VR gear and a wide array of tools, apps, and software, consumers and end users need to make informed decisions about buying and using the right gear, apps, or software for their custom design needs. This class will offer a deep dive into the best VR gear (headsets—wired and wireless, cybershoes, haptic gloves, and so on). We’ll also discuss top-notch VR/AR tools and, most importantly, discover compatibility with our Autodesk software. If you’re looking for information on the best combinations of all of the VR essentials to suit your budget, then this session is your one-stop shop—with recommendations, bonus reviews, and pros and cons serving as an expert buyer’s guide.

2015 is the year in which virtual reality (VR) is finally ready for the masses. Google Cardboard was perfect for democratizing VR, while products like Samsung Gear VR have helped increase the quality for scenarios that require it. Importantly, both technologies are powered by mobile phones. This session will look at the steps to create web-based VR for design visualization using Autodesk, Inc.’s, View and Data API, and how you can extend this core implementation via native Android SDKs for both Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR. We will also spend time looking at Augmented Reality technologies such as Magic Leap and Microsoft HoloLens to understand the implications for design and engineering.

The Khronos Group, the open consortium spearheading industry alignment on the creation, management and display of 3D content, understands the pain of producing multiple configurations of the same graphic for deployment across various user platforms. Khronos 3D Commerce Working Group has developed a set of realtime 3D asset guidelines, tools and programs to ensure that artists and content creators efficiently author 3D assets and models that can be reliably deployed for real-time rendering and designers can view and share 3D assets consistently on diverse end-user delivery platforms. The guidelines are 3D tool-agnostic and can be used alongside Autodesk's software to bring product designers and engineers an easy-to-understand set of recommended practices and presets for creating, sharing, and viewing 3D assets and collaborating on various platforms including desktop, mobile, and AR.