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Vol.62 2012/09/12
The 11th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud
The examining meeting for nominated works of "The 11th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud" was held on September 4, 2012. Mr. Tatsuoki Inagaki (Pave & Road How-To Way Technology Association), Mr. Hiroo Kasagi (NPO Chiikizukuri Kobo) and Mr. Fumio Seki (College of Engineering, Nihon University) judged and 11 works were selected as nominated works from the whole 19 works. The general voting will be conducted on cloud from 9/7(Fri) to 9/17(Mon) and final decision will be made by judgeson 9/19(Wed). Voting from your own house or office is possible during the voting period, so please vote!! Browse and vote the nominated works on VR-Cloud®


Nominated works list

*When clicking the images below, those datas can be browsed. (Installing the client is required for browsing.)
No.1 Simulation for a landscaping plan using point cloud data
Kyushu-orient Servey&Design Co., Ltd.
This VR data has been created based on the point cloud data collected by the company's own technology as part of the renovation project on Teramachi street and its surroundings in Nagasaki. The proposal consists of narrowing of road lanes to force traffic to slow down, widening of sidewalk, laying down stone pavement on top of the sidewalk, road barriers,
No.2 Project for sharing system of compact EV vehicle using VR simulation
TOYOTA Motor Corporation.
This is an agenda which is being worked on as an initiative in the transportation (traffic) part of the low-carbon dioxide society system demonstration project in Toyota city. The vehicles and parking / battery charging station are placed in a virtual town modeled with high degree of realism based on the field survey, which is being used for verifying and confirming the basic service plan such as the fusion of EV and its station with the original town, procedure of vehicle reservation and its return and the design of traffic line etc.
No.3 Restoring the Oomuta street car in 1952 and the town along its railroad
Keisuke Ijiri
This VR could represent the Oomuta street car, which was very popular as an important transportation for citizens, from the free viewpoint and in a colored display in which the street in Oomuta where used to be the coal mining town can be seen.
No.4 Simulation for urban planning in front of Hokuriku Shinkansen "Iiyama station"
Iiyama city   Construction channel department   City planning section/Section for maintening the surrounding of the station of Shinkansen bullet train
This VR data simulates the future Iiyama city in which you can see the public facility like the station square around Iiyama Station of Hokuriku Shinkansen planned to be renovated following the opening of the station itself, which is scheduled at the end of 2014, and the fusion of rich nature and functions of an urban city apparent in the improved park of Iiyama castle, a symbol of the city about to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the castle’s foundation. This VR can be seen in a workshop and forum and it fulfills an important role for urban planning to work with city hall and residents.
No.5 Training system for tunnel administrator via VR
BMIA(France)
Within G'Val, FORUM8's UC-win/Road simulates traffic and pedestrians in a realistic interactive 3D environment. It generates traffic according to pre-set volumes, speed, signaling and environmental conditions (time of day, geographic position, climate, light etc...). The project objective was to develop a VR based training system that would accurately reflect the real work of Highway & Tunnel Operators.
No.6 Experience simulator for ITS spot service
JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) Car Electronics Commitee / Car Electronics Promoting Comitee
This is an interactive simulator in which an "ITS Spot" installed on a road and "Car navigation system compliant to ITS Spot" built in the car transmits high capacity data with high speed and then wide network of road traffic information, images are visualized on the screen to allow the driver to experience various services that "ITS Spot" service, the next generation of ITS service, has to offer.
No.7 Simplified assessment for landslide extraction in the south of Nakatusna
Material Hakuba Co., Ltd.
As part of the earth and sand extraction project small enough to be inapplicable to an Environmental Impact Assessment, this VR data was used to explain to local residents how the landscape will change using VR simulation for the benefit of obtaining consensus either at community meeting or on the Web.
No.8 Aiming for "Alleviating traffic jams in the original route especially near railroad crossings and narrow bridges".
Nishitetsu C.E. Consultant Co., Ltd
The purpose of creating this VR data visualizing a new bypass route in the countryside is to obtain in the consensus from the local residents on the proposed project of building an alternative route through the river, railroad, and low altitude rice fields in this area to mitigate traffic congestion that is becoming a problem in the original route especially near railroad crossings and narrow bridges. Bird's eye view was also created.
No.9 Improving the intersection which has a lot of accident and analysing the effect using DSLog
Korea Transportation Safety Authority
Yangyang street No.3 in Kangwon Province, South Korea is a high accident area according to the slope way. There is not many traffic, but neck phenomena of vehicles frequently occur because of its geometric structure. Moreover there is the peculiar-shaped No.5 in Nonsan city of Chungcheongnam-do and there are a lot of accidents happened. To improve these intersection problem, the present situation and improved situation of the merging traffic, road marking, traffic lights and position of stop line etc. have been implemented, and that was used for decision-making and meeting to explain to local residents. The driving test via simulator was conducted and the improved result was confirmed by analyzing the DS log value.
No.10 Simulation for pipe plant facility
Kusakabe Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.
The company sells plant equipments mainly to their clients oversea. Because plant equipments come in all sizes, when they are combined to form one big plant, it may look entirely different from what is shown on the company brochure depending on what combination of equipments are used. UC-win/Road was the perfect answer. By creating a VR data of the finished plant, they were not only able to get a much better picture of its size but also confirm the operation of the machineries within the plant, thus helping them confirm the size and other details of deliverables before they are built.
No.11 Simulation for landslide disaster in Suzawa district of Shinshiro city, Aichi prefecture
Fukui National College of Technology
Suzawa district of Shinshiro city, Aichi prefecture is lash and has a limpid stream, but mudslide had occurred in the past times and the disaster prevention system needs to be constructed. In this VR, the detailed terrain and building are represented for the explanation of the danger of mudslide and the situation of landslide disaster several times because of the heavy rain and the stage of the occurrence are visualized in an easy way to understand.

2012.9.19 Wed
Final selection Site: Tokyo head office Nakameguro GT tower seminar room   MAP

Meeting for selecting nomination works
Meeting for selecting nomination worksThe judges will decide each award on Wednesday, November 19. 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.

Judging Committe
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi - NPO Chiikizukuri Kobo
Mr. Fumio Seki - College of Engineering, Nihon University
Mr. Tatsuoki Inagaki, Pave & Road How-To Way Technology Association

2012.9.20 Thu Award ceremony Site: Shinagawa KOKUYO Hall   MAP

"FORUM8 Design Festival 2012-3Days" Day2 : Award ceremony will be conducted at the 13th VR conference.



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