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Special Page for the 12th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud |
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General Information of the Contest |
3DVR simulation contest using UC-win/Road. This is held every year since 2002 when UC-win/Road won the "Software
Product of the year" award. Various brilliant works have been presented
as a main event of this festival and it has brought even more excitement
with the introduction of cloud voting via VR-Cloud® since 2011. The works are represented with the script (5min) and scenarios
and evaluation and voting are performed with cloud system.
2013.9.18Wed Examining Meeting FORUM8 Tokyo head office MAP
Meeting for selecting nomination works
The judgment will be performed by 70% of public voting, 30% of voting from
judging committee based on the ranking point and ranking point for special
awards. |
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2013.9.19 Thu SHINAGAWA INTERCITY Hall
Award Ceremony of the 12th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud
Profile of a presenter
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Satoru Machida
Advisor of Projection Mapping Association of Japan / CEO of AmbientMedia
/ Part-time advisor of FORUM8
CEO of AmbientMedia and a producer of contents services. An advisor of
Ultra-Realistic Communication Forum (URCF) which is a consultant of projection
mapping, digital signage, AR and 3D media and also acts as an advisor of
Projection Mapping Association of Japan. |
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Profile of Judging Committe |
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Mr. Kasagi Hiroo
Representative of NPO Chiikizukuri Kobo
Director of Japan Society for Impact Assesment, part-time instructor of
Nagano University, CEO of Kizakiko Hot Spring Development Co., Ltd. Councilor
of Omachi Kita high school. Author of some books. Won the prize of Minister
for the Environment for his activity of global warming in 2005. |
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Mr. Fumio Seki
Professor of Engineering department, Hihon University
After graduating the department of science and engineering, Nihon University,
he joined Design Planning office for civil design of Taisei Corporation
and has been engaged in design etc. for road structure, river, harbor and
lecture etc. Appointed in the current position since 2011. |
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Mr. Tatsuoki Inagaki
Director of Pave & Road How-To Way Technology Association
Holding a post of information technology manager Road Management Technology
Center and currently taking on a director of Pave & Road How-To Way
Technology Association. Author of some books about pavement engineering
and road engineering. He is engaged in improvement of technology of road
and pavement and promotion of research development. |
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Results Annoucement  |
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Results Announcement (Announced on September 20, 2013) |
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VR Simulation for Traffic Regulation to Divert Traffic During Night Construction
Iwasaki CO., LTD. |
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| Plans to divert and regulate traffic around an intersection near the "Tokachi
Ohashi bridge" undergoing repair work was put on trial via VR simulation.
The VR technology was used to visualize the regulation plan in order to
confirm drivers' visibility during night and winter, procedure for diverting
and regulating traffic, and the predicted traffic flow itself, which in
turn helped shed lights on potential problems prior to plans being enforced.
This VR traffic simulation for traffic regulation was featured at a "Conference
on CIM" hosted by Japan Society of Civil Engineers which took place
in Sapporo on July 5th, 2013, as a case study on the use of CIM in construction. |
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Executing the animation allows you to see the explanation on the simulation
of regulated traffic. Moreover, executing the scenario enables you to see
what it's like driving through regulated traffic under various conditions. |
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Driver Training and Assessment System of PCC (Pure Car Carrier) Simulator
Qube Ports and Bulk |
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| QUBE wished to improve the training of drivers who unload or load 700,000
new imported and exported vehicles per year from the Pure Car Carrier (PCC)
ships that dock in Australia from around the world. QUBE's aim is to achieve
Zero Damage to the vehicles being unloaded. The solution is the PCC simulator.
The PCC simulator consists of a drive simulator with a 3D virtual model
of a PCC ship and the wharf to which the vehicles are unloaded and parked.
A new Driver Training and Assessment system permits a Trainer to select
a driving scenario for the driver seated in the simulator, who then drives
in the 3D virtual model, down a number of ramps in the ship to the wharf
and then to a specified parking spot. He may encounter a number of hazards
and different day/night and weather conditions, and also is required to
keep to certain speeds and maintain safe distances with obstacles and cars
in front. At the end of the drive he is assessed for correct operating
procedure and driving skill, against criteria that also include maintaining
an ideal route, manueovring skills, parking accuracy, collision risk control,
steering and pedal control. Both trainer and driver are able to view a
real-time replay of the drive, which assists in pinpointing areas for improvement. |
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*This movie has sounds |
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Executing the animation allows you to see the overview of ship and driving
situation. Moreover executing the 5 scenarios enables you to experience
unloading in the different kinds of scenes. |
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VR Simulation that uses Tsunami/Evacuation Analysis Results
Pacific Consultants Co., LTD. |
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| Tsunami analysis results that take into account the dynamic movement of
wave and traffic analysis results extracted by traffic simulation using
micro models of vehicular traffic during an emergency were combined to
elicit the overall result of tsunami analysis in the course of consulting
for measures against tsunami. By visualizing these results within the same
VR environment for assessment, they were able to conceive measures far
more effective than these devised using the previous consulting scheme. |
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Executing the animation allows you to see the evacuation situation in the
event of tsunami occurs and tsunami prevention measures in VR environment.
Flash movie shows the images before and after measures are taken. |
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VR Simulator for Experiencing an Intelligent Driver's Seat
TS TECH Co., Ltd. |
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| A Driving Simulator designed to give you the feel of driving while being
seated on an intelligent seat. The simulator is equipped with "Lateral
support feature" that keeps your body from being thrown to the side
while you are cornering, "Movable driver seat and backrest" that
helps your shoulder turn easier when steering, and "Forward Collision
avoidance system" that keeps you in correct driving posture and tightens
your seat belt to prepare for collision. |
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*This movie has sounds |
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Executing the animation allows you to see the explanation on the "Intelligent
Seat". Executing the scenario enables you to experience driving on
a course used for the simulator. |
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VR Model of Osaka's Underground Shopping Mall
Graduate School of Osaka University |
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| An area above and below ground level stretching 300 meters on all 4 directions
from the south side of JR Osaka station was modeled within the 3D VR environment.
Accurately reproduced buildings together with roads and underground shopping
mall on which vehicles and pedestrians are made to travel provided the
most suitable VR environment for simulating vehicle and pedestrian behavior,
controling traffic signals, analyzing crowd behavior in underground alleys
and validating the effectiveness of signages and evacuation guidance in
terms of safely evacuating people to a safe place, all of which are research
initiatives in quest for optimizing the future society via ITC. |
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An area above and below ground of JR Osaka station are expressed in VR
environment. Executing the animation allows you to see the traffic situation
on ground, the crowd walking inside the underground shopping mall, and
people evacuating in the event of the emergency. |
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Honorable Judge's Award Design Award
Mr. Fumio Seki (Nihon University) |
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The Use of VR Simulation to Evaluate Safety of a New Type of Road (2+1)
as well as Drivers' Behavior
University of Seoul |
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| The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is planning to
construct a type of road (2+1) new to Korea. 2+1 road is comprised of 2
lanes each serving traffic going in the direction opposite to each other,
and a passing lane. As the building cost is cheaper than that of building
4 lane road, the plan is put forward, however most drivers are not used
to driving on this new type of road, and hence the driving simulator was
used to evaluate its safety. A model of 13km road that represents the 2+1
road was created, and the condition and behavior of 50 test drivers while
they drove on the passing lane of the virtual road was analyzed by looking
at the log that are output in real-time which describes the accelerator
and brake position, speed, and offsets from the center line, and also by
counting the brain pulse of the drivers and tracking their eyes. The analysis
result was used as a source for verifying the safetyness of the new road. |
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Executing the animation allows you to see the structure of a new type of
road "2+1". Moreover executing the scenario enables you to experience
driving on the actual road. |
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Honorable Judge's Award Regional Construction Award
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi (NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobo) |
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VR Simulation for proposed Urban design
SOZOTECH |
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| A plan to connect 2 roads running on the east and westside of town built
in line with the Japan City Planning Act is underway. The plan includes
installing crosswalks and bike lanes to keep students going to and from
school safe, and building overpass and pedestrian tunnels. 3D VR model
of the planned design was created to give local residents a better picture
of how the site would look like after construction at meetings. |
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VR data in which the construction plan of the urban highway is visualized.
Executing the animation allows you to watch the construction process, overpass
and see what's it like driving at night. It is possible to see the situation
around the construction site from various viewpoints and switch the time
by selecting the context. and switch the time by selecting the context. |
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Honorable Judge's Award Engineering Award
Mr. Tatsuoki Inagaki (Pave & Road How-To Way Technology Association) |
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Proposal of a New Engineering Method for Installing Single Track Railway
Bridges
Noda Engineering Co., Ltd. |
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| Installing railway bridges for single track railway is a challenging task
because they tend to be situated at a place that provide limited space
for crane movement such as a train station's platform or a mountainous
region. Then there is the issue of bridges being destroyed by a cloudburst
which we see happening lately. A smart engineering method for installing
these railway bridges that can withstand heavily rain at a place where
space is an issue was proposed using VR technology. |
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Executing the animation allows you to see the explanation of the engineering
method. It is possible to see the situation around the construction site
from the various points of view and switch the time by selecting the context. |
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Proposed Improvements on Special Traffic Safety Status Investigation in
Republic of Korea
Korea Transportation Safety Authority（TS） |
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| The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Korean Transportation
Safety Authority investigates the actual road and traffic condition on
the nation's roads and highways every year to evaluate their safety. Areas
that fall below the country's Traffic Safety Index and Traffic Safety Culture
Index require improvement. To propose the solution plan with new road alighment
and road facilities for these areas, the current condition and the proposed
plan was reproduced as VR environment using UC-win/Road, and included them
within documents to be submitted for approval. |
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Executing the animation allows you to see safety measures at the intended
spots. Moreover it is possible to switch from the traffic state before
measures were taken to the traffic state after measures were taken or vice
versa by selecting the camera position. |
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VR was used to promote safety and use of the Narita Smart Interchange,
which consequently streamlined business!
ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd. |
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| VR model of the Narita Smart Interchange, which was built to mitigate traffic
congestion, was created during off-hours as means of decreasing traffic
accidents in the interchange and encouraging more drivers to take it, consequently
streamlining all types of business related to the interchange. In particular,
this virtual environment was designed for use with driving simulation scenarios
to test different sign design and the visibilty of signs for safety measures.
The driving simulator was showcased in a local festival in the city of
Narita where it drew a big crowd and encouraged more public activities
and also contributed to questionaries being filled out by more people.
Further developments are planned. |
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Executing the animation allows you to see what's it like travelling on
highway with smart IC en route to the airport. Moreover executing scenario
enables you to experience what's it like driving through smart IC. |
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3D VR Training Environment for Automobile Driver
Virtual Simulation and Training Inc.(VSAT) |
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| VSAT's 3D VR Training Environment built using UC-win/Road is situated on
a 16 square mile land comprised of highways with on/off ramps, city streets,
intersections, railway crossings, Driving Agility Cone Courses, etc. and
hosts various driving hazards and training scenarios designed to enable
students to experience common driving situations and hazards, while guided
by their instructor that control environmental conditions and scenarios
using the Simulator Control Station, developed using the SDK, from a separate
screen. Simulator Control Station also tracks the scenario progress and
the position of the driven vehicle using an overhead view of the land area
used. In a Driving Agility Cone Course that also serves as training environment
for Emergency Vehicle drivers, the Control Station keeps track of how many
cones were touched, and how many were knocked down by the driver to evaluate
their maneuvering skills. VSAT's 3D VR Training Environment is indeed the
most effective driver training system, as students can use the driving
simulator "full screen" that provide peripherial vision while
the instructor controls weather, time of day, visibility (fog and haze),
road conditions, and viewing distance from the Simulator Control Station,
without students being able to predict the next driving environment and
scenarios. The instructor can also control traffic density in each of the
major training areas, the city, the highway, and the Interstate Freeway. |
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*This movie has sounds |
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A driver training environment designed to teach driving skills. Executing
the animation allows you to see a drive through the training environment
that shows various parts (city, highway, cone course etc) of the training
course. Moreover executing the scenario enables you to experience driving
through the training environment and replay dangerous scenes. |
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VR Simulator for Dangerous Scene Assessment Used in the Discipline of In-Vehicle
ADAS
HAGIWARA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. |
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| VR simulator, an excellent tool for reproducing various driving environments,
was used for dangerous scene assessment in the disicpline of in-vehicle
ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System). The ADAS device was interfaced
with the VR simulator to be used for the assessment, which consequently
helped build the kind of development environment that allows all the advantages
of VR technology to be exploit. |
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*This movie has sounds |
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This is a data to be used for dangerous scene assessment in the disicpline
of in-vehicle ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System). Executing the animation
allows you to see the explanation of the system. Moreover, executing the
scenario enables you to experience driving on a test. |
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■Grand Prix
■Semi-Grand Prix (Excellence Award)
■Special Awards [ Idea Award / Essence Award ]
■Judge Award
■Nominate Award
No dual recipients.
Grand Prix
Certificate / Trophy / High Spec Computer / Book Card
 
SONY VAIO Full HD touch panel
notebook PC 15 inch (SVF15A1A1J)
Book Card 25,000 yen |
Semi-Grand Prix (Excellence Award)
Certificate /High Spec Computer / Book Card
SONY VAIO PC 14 inch (SVF14A1A1J)
Book Card 10,000 yen |
Idea Award / Essence Award
Certificate / Tablet PC / Book Card
SONY Xperia 10.1 inch
Large-screen tablet (SGP312JP/B)
Book Card 2,500 |
Judge Award
Certificate / Digital Camera /
Book Card
SONY Cyber-shot
digital still camera (DSC-WX300)
Book Card 2,500 |
Nominate Award
Certificate plaque / Book Card
Semi crystal certificate plaque /
Free lodging in Tokyo /
Book Card 2,500 |
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Guidelines for Applicants |
| Deadline for works submittion |
Augest 29, 2013 Reception period has been closed. |
| Deliverable |
- VR data created via UC-win/Road (script is required to be created and
the work is needed to be stored in media such as CD-ROM and DVD etc.)
- Overview of VR data (up to 150 words) and how to operate the data |
| Where to deliver the data |
Please tell your contact person of FORUM8 staff and send it to him. |
| Copyright |
All contents of the awarded VR data is the copyright of each applicants.
The submitted VR data will not be distributed, but FORUM8 has a right to
use the data and works, edit and reproduce the images and videos etc. and
post or introduce it on website, magazines, books, newspaper etc. as a
sales activity or an advertisement as a secoundary user of VR data. Please
be forewarned. |
| Inquiries for the application |
Please tell your contact person of FORUM8 staff. |
Meeting for selecting
nomination works |
Nominated works will be decided on September 3, 2013 (Tue).
Meeting for selecting nomination works on September 3, 2013 (Tue)
Presentation will be remotely performed by applicants. 13:30-17:00 (via VR-Cloud®, Web video and Skype) |
An interactive real-time VR system utilized as a tool for building wide
consensus for public works and developments.
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VR-Cloud® is a consensus building solution which uses 3D and VR on
a cloud server. With only internet access environment, even thin client
would be able to operate the VR space by web browser.
| Example of use : Laboratry of Tomohiro Fukuda of Environment and Energy
department of graduate school, Osaka University |
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Example of Design Meeting
- Manual input of design (Annotation function)
- Conference sceen using video conference system (Skype) |
The camera position (viewpoint) can be freely changed in VR environment.
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3D bulletin board function with evaluative function for landscape |
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Introduction of the awarded works of the past contest |
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FORUM8 Design Festival 2013-3Days
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