Oct 6, 2020
When it comes to the infrastructure industry, everyone has already been to, or even presented, one of the ‘old-school’ public meetings, where there were big boards and huge maps all over the room in an attempt to show the different aspects of a project and how it'll affect the public, both directly and indirectly. However, with all the latest progress in technology, “how can the public experience the project before it is even built?”.
This is the central theme of today’s episode, which is the audio format of a presentation given by Sam and Nick Johnson, the chief of project management at the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), that focuses on the future of 3D visualization tools, and the options available to make these ‘old-school’ meetings much more interactive and engaging.
Sam goes through the three main aspects of such tools (interactivity, accessibility, and quality), as well as the effectiveness and capabilities of each of them, both in the ways we used to create models and renders in the past, how we are currently doing it now, and the projected future capabilities of them. The latter includes real-time navigation on any device, instead of only powerful laptops.
Vision is a software that will play an important role in this foreseeable future of 3D tools, especially for civil engineers, and it’s about to launch in the first quarter of 2021. Therefore, do not forget to sign up in order to get weekly updates on it, including exclusive videos, notes on progress, and more!
Resources Mentioned
The Future of 3D Visualization | Sam Lytle - Video
Nick Johnson - LinkedIn / njohnson@dot.nv.gov / Nevada DOT
Sam Lytle - LinkedIn / sam@beyondcad.com
Beyond CAD - Website / Vision Mailing List
Project Neon - Website