Oct 20, 2020
On a previous episode of the podcast, Sam shared a presentation he gave alongside Nick Johnson, the chief of project management at the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), that focused on the future of 3D visualization tools and how they can be used to make public outreach more engaging and actually helps all stakeholders understand an engineering project, from commercial to infrastructure.
Today, Sam shares the audio format of a solo presentation he gave in Las Vegas about the main aspects of 3D visualization and how these aspects haven changed over years, as well as his expectations for the roles each of these elements will play in 3D visualization software of the future.
Back in 2015, when he found out his previous company, Civil FX (now a division of Parametrix), were among the winning companies to work on Project Neon, he had the opportunity to put into practice his idea of 3D visualization tools working similarly to game engines. Working with different professionals in the game industry, as well as hiring artists and developers, Project Neon really set the stage for this industry-changing idea of improving the capabilities of current visualization software.
Explaining aspects such as interactivity, accessibility, quality, as well as phasing and traffic, he walks us through the different steps of how we can make better visualization tools by improving each of these individual elements. In the future, will it be necessary to have powerful and heavy computer setups to use the enhanced visualization tools? How can we make it more accessible to those who do not have such equipment but are directly impacted by the project? Will these tools run on every device, from mobile phones to laptops? Maybe even on the web?
Tune in and learn about the future of 3D visualization!
Resources Mentioned
APWA Presentation - Video Format
American Public Works Association - APWA
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Sam Lytle - LinkedIn / sam@beyondcad.com