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Vol.75 2013/4/5
1. NAB Show
2. Overseas Training and Seminars

1. NAB Show

NAB Show is only 3 days away!
At FORUM8 booth, UC-win/Road, our Interactive 3D VR Simulation & Modeling Software will be demonstrated along with VR-Cloud®, our unique cloud computing solution for hosting real-time virtual environments for easy and interactive on-line access by anyone with internet access. Both products are ideal solutions for many types of collaborative projects, in many industries, including media/broadcasting.

Date: April 8, 2013 - April 11, 2013
Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Overview: State-of-the-art content delivery solution which exceeds the traditional media & entertainment technology
Booth No.: A800, located within the
Connected Media World Zone, North Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center
Official Web Site:
http://www.nabshow.com/

You may have already received a special invitation to NAB Show from FORUM8 by email last month, but this is a reminder. 

If you have already registered online by accessing the link that is included in the body of the invitation email, we look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas.  If you have not registered yet I am sorry to inform you that the deadline for free admission has passed but you can still go to the link within the email to register for a very reasonable fee of $25. This cost far outweighs the kind of cutting edge technology you will be able to witness live, so this would definitely be a very good investment.  We hope to see you all at the convention center.

On Tuesday April 9th from 11:30am to 12pm, in the Connected Media World Theatre conveniently located just few steps from FORUM8 booth, Christophe Soulier, who is the chief of FORUM8's Supercomputer-Cloud Research Lab in Kobe, Japan, is going do a presentation on the real-time, cloud-based 3D virtual reality applications, in particular the applications of VR-Cloud®.  The presentation will show how it can be used to create more attractive contents, and how the audience can take part of the creation process. You will be seeing VR-Cloud® in action!  Make sure you mark this day along with the other 3 days of the event on your calendar because this is a presentation you won't want to miss.

Don't forget to pick up your free issue of the IBE Magazine and Supplement that is inserted into the magazine, which is stacked in bins located at various locations within the convention center.  Please click here to download the soft copy of the Supplement featuring a summary of FORUM8 and their premier 3D Visual Interactive Simulation & Modeling technologies on showcase on page 4, and an abstract of FORUM8's presentation coupled with a short bio of the presenter Christophe Soulier on page 6.

At FORUM8 booth, VR-Design Studio, our Interactive 3D VR Simulation & Modeling Software will be demonstrated along with VR-Cloud®, our unique cloud computing solution for hosting real-time virtual environments for easy and interactive on-line access by anyone with internet access. Both products are ideal solutions for many types of collaborative projects, in many industries, including media/broadcasting. It's our pleasure to extend to you this FREE Exhibits-only Registration. Remember, what you see in Vegas doesn't have to stay in Vegas!

VR-Cloud
VR-Cloud® is a consensus building solution which uses 3D and VR on a cloud server. As long as you're connected to the Internet, you can take control of VR space using your web browser even from a thin client. In addition to the existing Flash Version (formerly UC-win/Road for SaaS), we offer the Standard version and the Collaboration version that both have enhanced functions that come in handy.
(FORUM8 Co., Ltd. obtained a patent for their technology VR-Cloud
®, defined as "Driving simulation equipment, server and program" that enables 'driving simulation within the 3D VR environment using a computer keyboard', in December 2012 from the Japanese patent office [Patent No. 5149426])

VR-Cloud® Collaboration
As an addition to the Standard version, the Collaboration version takes you few steps further; the practical use of more advanced VR, such as "3D bulletin board function" and "Annotation function" etc. on Cloud is realized.

-3D bulltin board function : Creating discussions within the VR space, displaying and replaying them.
-Annotation function : Creating and displaying the annotation such as a figure and text within the VR space by a simple editor.

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3D bulletin board function.  Annotations
are represented as 3D icons.
Window for editing annotations.


VR-Cloud® Standard
Original transmission technology "a3S (Anything as a Service)" is implemented, and the performance improved more than 4 times as much as the conventional ratio. This is a cloud type of VR application in the new form and can be used interactively by clients i.e. they can upload their contents to the our VR-Cloud® server and take control of the VR enironment hosted by the server.

-Performance improved drastically with our a3S transmission technology.
-Many simulation functions equipped in UC-win/Road are available.

Walking Simulation Driving Simulation

VR-Cloud® Flash Version (formerly UC-win/Road for SaaS)
Existing UC-win/Road for SaaS.
It's a system built to run UC-win/Road on the server and to enable the remote control of VR space with the use of Adobe Flash Player as the client software via plug-in.
-It's possible to release the data created in UC-win/Road online.  People in general can then take control of VR space and freely check the uploaded project by themselves.
-Various interactive actions are possible within VR space, such as driving and traffic simulation.

UC-win/Road
UC-win/Road is a tool that allows the creation of 3D VR data with quick and easy operations. Practical data features include our standard database, a Web/Road Database and a LandXML data exchange function. It is equipped with an excellent VR creation / editing function for everything from road alignments, cross sections and terrain processing to traffic setup, model setup / processing, etc. Large-scale 3D spaces can be made by simple procedures in a surprisingly short time.

Visual option tools supporting several VR displays and presentation functions support the real-time presentation of landscape studies, design deliberations, project descriptions, etc. It has been utilized as a tool for building wide consensus for public works and developments by private constructors in general, as well as for road planning and design.

The new features of
UC-win/Road Ver.9 (released in April, 2013) will be introduced.

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Feature expansion
of traffic simulation
Traffic snap shot function Improvement of FBX
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Multi user simulation Parametric model plug-in Improving micro simulation
2. Overseas Seminars and Exhibition
Exhibition

Date Exhibition Name Location
4-6 April, 2013 NAB SHOW Las Vegas Convention Center, USA
4-7 June, 2013 ITS European Congress Dublin

For more information and applications, please email us at

For ITE Regional Conference and ITS European Congress : mail to brendan@forum8.com

For NAB SHOW : mailto forum8@forum8.com



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