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24/04/01 Entry to the 12th CPWC and the 14th VDWC is accepted until June 28th. Check the outline and register now!
24/03/13 FORUM8 has been certified as "2024 Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization (large enterprise category)" by the METI for 4 consecutive years.
23/11/10 Results announcement of the 10th National Resilience Design Award. Grand Prix: Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Excellence Award: KAJIMA CORPORATION
23/11/09 Results announcement! The 11th CPWC World Cup Award: Shanghai University, The 13th VDWC World Cup Award: Victoria University of Wellington
23/11/08 Results announcement of The 22nd 3D VR Contest! Grand Prix: University of Seoul, The 2nd VR SYSTEM OF THE YEAR: Tohoku Engineering Office, MLIT
23/10/16 FORUM8 is awarded CRM2023 Best Practice Award Continuation Award with "Customer Centric Information Management Model".
23/10/10 Nominated works of The 11th CPWC and The 13th VDWC have been announced. 8 works for CPWC and 9 works for VDWC.
23/09/12 Take a look at the overview of Design Festival 2023 3Days+Eve. We have started accepting applications now.
23/08/01 FORUM8 releases Engineer's Studio® Ver.11, the flagship of FEM analysis software. Supports plate element remeshing. Press
23/07/31 FORUM8 releases Shade3D Ver.24 with metaverse features and improved road design and programming tools.
23/07/20 The 1st round of judging for the 11th CPWC and the 13th VDWC was held to select entry teams.
23/07/07 UC-win/Road Ver.17 has been released. CityGML data export, Flood Navi data import, VISSIM2023 and Python API support.
23/07/01 Up&Coming Vol.142 has been updated. User Report: CHODAI CO., LTD., MuuN. Event Report: MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2023
23/05/11 Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) invest in two FORUM8 Driver Training Simulation Systems.
23/05/09 Application details for 22nd 3D VR Contest on Cloud and 10th National Resilience Design Award are now published, calling for projects by contestants who have what it takes to be a winner.
23/04/28 Announcement of the revision of the subscription service contract prices
23/04/01 Up&Coming Vol.141 has been updated. User Report: Tamana City, Kumamoto , Kyoto Kogakuin High School, Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd..
23/04/01 Entry to the 11th CPWC and the 13th VDWC is accepted until June 30th. Check the outline and register now!
23/03/28 Reproduces Tsuru University Campus as digital twin using 3D models created from aerial photographs taken from helicopter. Supports DX of community education and disaster prevention.
23/03/20 FORUM8 Exhibit at Salone del Mobile.Milano following last year. Shade3D, F8VPS, and more cutting-edge solutions collaborate with Tecno, the Italian design furniture.
23/03/10 FORUM8 has been certified as "2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization (large enterprise category)" by the METI for 3 consecutive years.
23/03/09 Concluded a collaboration agreement with Akita Pref. and Akita Univ. - Contribute to development of digital human resources, IT promotion, and regional revitalization in Akita -
23/03/09 Agreement for "Collaboration for the Realization of Sustainable Cities using Digital Twins" with Toyota City concluded.
23/02/22 Recruit information has been updated. Mr. Yoichi Ochiai (Media Artist) and Mr. Norio Sasaki (Chairman of JFA Women's Committee) will appear at Company Information Session on June 1 and Sep. 11.
23/02/14 Announcing our schedule for FORUM8 Asia Online Seminar 2023! Join us online or from 6 FORUM8 offices around the world. Sign up now!
23/01/16 VR Design Studio UC-win/Road Autonomous Driving / ADAS Package has been released.
23/01/01 Up&Coming Vol.140 has been updated. User Report: Nikaho City, Akita, Kookmin University, 6-dimension.
22/12/15 Forum8 opened Cambridge Toranomon Laboratory (CIC Tokyo) and FORUM8 NETSUGEN Gunma Desk (Gunma Prefectural Office Bldg.).
22/12/02 New Product UC-win/Road Autonomous Driving / ADAS Package Option has been released. Supporting vehicle control, vehicle surroundings detection, input/output of driving information, camera sensor, etc.
22/12/02 Lecture movies and materials of Design Festival 2022 are available now, including 6 lectures by 5 ministries, special lectures by Prof. Koichi Maekawa from Yokohama National Univ. and Prof. Yoshiyuki Kawazoe from Tohoku Univ. etc.
22/11/30 FORUM8 received "Kurumin Certification" for the first time as a childcare support company. Aims at an environment where all employees can work even more comfortably and fully demonstrate their abilities.
22/11/28 FORUM8 will be the Title Partner of FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023! Supports the event as an official partner for the second straight year.
22/11/18 Results of The 9th National Resilience Design Award have been announced. Grand Prix: KRAY Inc. 2nd Prize: Hagihara Giken Co., Ltd.
22/11/17 Results Announcement: The World Cup Award was given to Kookmin University The 10th CPWC and to Keio University for The 12th VDWC.
22/11/16 Results of The 21st 3D VR Simulation Contest have been announced. Grand Prix: TAISEI CORPORATION. VR SYSTEM OF THE YEAR: MLIT.
22/11/04 Public voting for The 21st 3D VR Contest is now open! Asking for your vote for interactive 3D VR works with VR-Cloud® until Sun. November 13th.
22/10/31 12 works have been nominated for The 21st 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud. Public voting period via VR cloud®: November 4-13
22/10/26 Nominated works of The 9th National Resilience Design Award have been announced. 11 works have been selected.
22/10/18 Nominated works of The 10th CPWC and The 12th VDWC have been announced. 8 works for CPWC and 9 works for VDWC.
22/10/17 FORUM8 is awarded CRM2022 Best Practice Award Continuation Award. "User-oriented, pre-shipment quality improvement model" is highly evaluated.
22/10/04 Suite Chidori Engine® Ver.2 has been released. Added Suite Chidori Engine Editor and SceneSample as sample project.
22/10/01 Up&Coming Vol.139 has been updated. User Report: OKUMURA ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, TAKARA SPACE DESIGN CORP.
22/07/20 Entry teams for the 10th CPWC and the 12th VDWC have been decided at the 1st round screening.
22/07/01 Up&Coming Vol.138 has been updated. User Report: MAEDA CORPORATION, Okayama Information College, Tokyo Technical College. New Product Information: Shade3D Ver.23
22/06/03 UC-win/Road Ver.16 has been released. Supports CityGML import, OpenDrive import, multi-user scenario function, and CSV import/export of road section.
22/05/31 FORUM8 will exhibit at SUPERDESIGN SHOW 2022 in Salone del Mobile.Milano from June 6th to 12th under the theme "Japanese VRCG system can build your design! FORUM8"
22/05/24 Application details for 21st 3D VR Contest on Cloud and 9th National Resilience Design Award are now published, calling for projects by contestants who have what it takes to be a winner.
22/04/04 New product Shade3D SDK has been released. High performance development kit in C++ language.
22/04/01 Up&Coming Vol.137 has been updated. User Report: Up&Coming Vol.137 has been updated.
User Report: NTSEL, Kansai University, KAMITOPEN Architecture-Design Office Co., Ltd.
22/04/01 Entry to the 10th CPWC and the 12th VDWC is accepted until June 30th. Free rental licenses for the competition to be provided to competing teams.
22/03/10 FORUM8 has been certified as "2022 Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization (large enterprize category)" by the METI.
22/03/08 FORUM8 Asia Online Seminar viewable from each of the 6 different FORUM8 offices around the world or from your home/office.
22/02/25 Overview and application procedure of The 10th CPWC and The 12th VDWC is published now. Entry starts from Fri. April 1st.
22/02/07 New Product Earthquake Simulator Plugin Option has been released. To build a system for experiencing an earthquake using a linkage with VR Motion Seat and HMD.
22/01/01 Up&Coming Vol.136 has been updated. New Product Introduction: UC-win/Road Ver.16, F8VPS Virtual Voting System
21/12/10 Lecture movies and materials of Design Festival 2021 are open now, including lectures by 4 ministries, Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang, Mr. Norio Sasaki, Digital Agency, etc.
21/11/26 FORUM8's UC-win/Road has been adopted as digital twin UI for integrated ship operator assistant system in the joint research and development to create autonomous operated ship using cutting-edge technologies including AI.
FORUM8 is awarded CRM2021 Best Practice Award Continuation Award. "Customer Cultivation and Remote Sales Model" in remote areas and overseas are highly evaluated.
21/11/19 Results of The 8th National Resilience Award have Between announced.
- Grand Prix: "Seismic Study of Existing Steel Pipe Arch Water Pipe Bridge" by NiX Co., Ltd.
- Excellence Award: "United Seismic Performance Verification of Civil Engineering Facility and Architectural Facility" by F-tech Inc.
21/11/18 Results of the following competitions have been announced at FORUM8 Design Festival 2021-3Days.
The 9th Cloud Programming World Cup for Students
- World Cup Award: "Driver Emotion and Abnormal Behavior Detection and Warning System"
Team name: SC-Team from Shanghai University (China)

Virtual Design World Cup The 11th Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud
- World Cup Award: "Bubble Stream" Team name: Burbur Chacha from National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
- Excellence Award: "NEVERLAND" Team name: NERVLAND from National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
- Excellence Award: "Pearl Smart Resort" Team name: Greenhorns from Technological University (Hmawbi) (Myanmar)
21/11/17 Results of The 20th 3D VR Simulation Contest have been announced.
- Grand Prix: "Creation of Disaster Scene Using VR And Display of Flood Simulation Analysis Data" by National Science & Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (Taiwan)
- Excellence Award: "Soil Transport Planning Using Traffic Simulation Analysis" by MAEDA CORPORATION
- Excellence Award: "Simulator for Highway Snow Removal in Echelon Formation" by Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited
21/11/16 FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza 2021 is set to begin this week! November 18 - 19 - 20 - 21, AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA
21/11/05 Public voting for the 3D VR Contest is now open! Asking for your vote for interactive 3D VR works with VR-Cloud® until Sun. November 14th.
21/11/04 New product Wheelchair Simulator has been released. Traveling simulation by a cooperation of wheelchair and UC-win/Road.
21/11/01 From November 1st, Rental License for 1 month is no longer available. 2, 3, 6 month Rental Licenses are provided at the same price rate as before. The price of signing up for a subscription contract again after contract cancellation has been reduced.
FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022 is announced at Central Rally. FORUM8's simulators are exhibited at a co-located event on November 13th and 14th.
21/10/29 FORUM8 Released "Virtual Voting on F8VPS". Social communication tool for viewing and rating exhibits and competitions within virtual space.
13 works have been nominated for The 20th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud. Public voting period via VR cloud®: 5-14 November
8 works have been nominated for The 8th National Resilience Design Award.
21/10/21 Nominated works of The 9th CPWC and The 11th VDWC have been announced. 8 works for CPWC and 7 works for VDWC.
21/10/04 FORUM8 Becomes an Official Sponsor for FIA WRC - Co-operation to begin at ACI Rally Monza, before continuing throughout the WRC’s exciting new season in 2022 -
21/10/01 Up&Coming Vol.135 has been updated. User Report: NILIM, Ms. Emi Morishita, OKINO Builders Co., Ltd
21/09/29 FORUM8 Becomes the Title Partner for Central Rally - FORUM 8 Central Rally 2021 from November 12-14 -
21/09/22 "Japan Digital Days will be held on October 10-11. Kiss Port becomes the sponsor for FORUM8's hybrid event with live and virtual exhibits.
21/09/08 FORUM8 Dealer Seminar 2021 will he beld in cooperation with dealers in 4 different countries!
New product Motorcycle Simulator has been released. Allows a riding simulation in cooperation with UC-win/Road. Steering reaction force and leaning function are equipped.
Take a look at the overview of Design Festival 2021 3Days+Eve. Special speeches by Audrey Tang & Mr. Norio Sasaki. 5 lectures by 4 ministries at Autonomous Driving Conference.
21/08/27 FORUM8 Ireland has been founded.
21/08/16 Released Shade3D Ver.22. Addition of GPU Ray Tracing, AI denoise, and Swept Surface.
21/07/30 Entry teams for the 9th CPWC and the 11th VDWC have been decided at the 1st round screening.
FORUM8 is selected for Next-Generation Software Platform Demonstration Project by METI.
21/07/09 FORUM8 Gave a presentation at "1st Presentation on DX and Advanced Technology Promoting National Resilience".
21/07/01 Up&Coming Vol.134 has been updated.User Report: OCC Corporation, Meiji Institute of Autonomous Driving (MIAD), DXA Co., Ltd
21/06/28 FORUM8 has built and delivered "Large 4K VR Stereoscopic Driving Simulator" and "VR NILIM System" for the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management as the platforms to promote infrastructure DX.
21/06/22 Application details for 20th 3D VR Contest on Cloud and 8th National Resilience Design Award are now published, calling for projects by contestants who have what it takes to be a winner.
21/06/16 F8VPS Virtual Platform System: Build a virtual system for any given space, promote remote work, create virtual showroom and virtual factory, and run trainings
21/06/07 FORUM8 supports Omiya Ardija VENTUS which belongs to the WE league, the women's professional football league, as a top partner
21/05/25 FORUM8 becomes the title partner for Rally Japan! -Supports FIA World Rally Championship FORUM8 Rally Japan 2021 as a main sponsor-
21/05/14 UC-win/Road Ver.15.0.2 has been released. Support of FBX files which can be downloaded from the PLATEAU data provided by Japan MLIT.
21/04/09 Engineer's Studio® has been released. Supporting M-φ elements and M-θ models (spring element) considering varying axial force.
21/04/02 Entry to the 9th CPWC and the 11th VDWC is accepted until June 30th. Free rental licenses for the competition to be provided to competing teams.
21/04/01 Up&Coming Vol.133 has been updated. User Report: Sinyu Techno. LLC, Tokyo Tech ANNEX, Tokyo Institute of Technology, STUDIO KAGE SAMURAI
21/03/24 FORUM8 Co., Ltd. received the 2nd prize "Special Advisor Award Furuya Keiji (First National Resilience Minister) Award" for "The 7th Japan Resilience Award".
21/03/22 Remote Control System for Heavy Machine by 3D VR was posted on the Technology research presentation by Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau, MLIT.
21/03/18 Overview of The 9th CPWC and The 11th VDWC is open now. Entry starts on Fri. April 2nd.
21/03/11 FORUM8 is recognized under "2021 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program (Large enterprise category)" by the MLTI two years in a row.
21/03/05 UC-win/Road Ver.15 has been released. Enhancement of IFC file import, nD simulation, improvement of rendering speed.
21/03/04 FORUM8 Asia Online Seminar viewable from each of the 7 different FORUM8 offices around the world or from your home/office.
21/02/10 Up&Coming Vol.132 has been updated.
Academy user report: Morgan State University. Design Festival 2020 3Days+EVE report.
21/01/05 FORUM8 Developed "Vehicle Operation Simulator" for Snowplow Operator Training together with NEXCO Group
20/12/07 3DVR flood hazard map service started. Constructs and provides an inundation hazard map by 3D VR linked with the analysis results of inundation/ flooding, evacuation/ traffic.
20/11/24 Announcement of the revision of the subscription service contract and rental license prices
20/11/20 Result announcement of National Resilience Design Award.
Grand Prix: Nihon Suiko Consultant Co.,Ltd / Excellence Award: Naigai Engineering Co., Ltd.
20/11/19 Result announcement of 8th CPWC and 10th VDWC.
20/11/18 Result announcement of 19th 3D VR Simulation Contest.
Grand Prix: SHO-BOND Holdings Co., Ltd. / Excellence Award: Kyushu Technical Office, MLIT
20/11/12 The virtual showroom has been released. You can experience our showroom content of the Tokyo head office showroom online.
20/11/05 Public voting for the 3D VR Contest is now open! Asking for your vote for interactive 3D VR works via VR-Cloud® until Sun. November 15.
20/10/29 Nominated works of The 19th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud have been announced. Public voting period via VR cloud®: 5-15 November
20/10/23 Nominated works of The 8th CPWC and The 10th VDWC have been announced. 7 works for CPWC and 9 works for VDWC.
20/10/06 Design Festival 2020 will be held in a hybrid style.
20/08/31 UC-win/Road Safe Driving Simulator has been certified by the Japanese Government
20/08/20 Up&Coming Vol.130 has been updated.
20/07/31 Shade3D Ver.21 has been released. 2D drawing view, gITF import/export, HDR.
20/07/07 Suite Chidori Engine English version has been released. Free for education and non-commercial personal use.
20/06/26 FORUM8 is calling for works to be submitted for The 7th National Resilience Design Award.
Up&Coming Vol. 129 has been updated.
20/06/11 Overview of The 19th 3DVR Simulation Contest on Cloud is open now. Call for works until Oct. 16th.
20/04/16 UC-win/Road Ver.14.1 has been released. 4D construction plan simulation, bicubic altitude interpolation, improved recording function. Press release
20/04/03 Entry to the 8th CPWC and the 10th VDWC is accepted until June 22nd. Free rental licenses for the competition to be provided to competing teams.
20/03/10 FORUM8 has been certified as "Health and Productivity Management Company 2020 (Medium and small company section)".

Cancellation and pending of seminars due to the corona virus
20/02/28 Up&Coming Vol. 128 has been updated.
20/02/14 Overview of The 8th CPWC and The 10th VDWC is open now. Entry starts on Thu. April 2nd.

Video news of FORUM8 winning of The 8th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards METI Minister's Award and the exhibit at CES (open on NewsTV)

FORUM8 Regional Revitalization / National Resilience Seminar in 11 cities all over Japan
20/01/08 FORUM8 is awarded The 8th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards METI Minister's Award.
19/12/06 FORUM8 takes over copyright of Japan-made game engine Chidori. Free of charge for programming education and personal use.
19/11/28 Result announcement of each contest held at FORUM8 Design Festival 2019-3Days. The 18th 3D VR Contest, The 7th CPWC, The 9th VDWC and The 6th NaRDA.
19/11/26 Up&Coming Vol. 127 has been updated.
19/11/20 UC-win/Road Ver.14 has been released. Export of 360 degree image, object detection, gaze tracking.
Press release
  FORUM8 is awarded the "2019 CRM Best Practice Award Continuation Award" again.
19/11/01 Public voting for the 3D VR Contest is now open! Asking for your vote for interactive 3D VR works via VR-Cloud® until Sun. November 10.
19/10/31 Nominated works of The 7th CPWC and The 9th VDWC have been announced. 7 works for CPWC and 11 works for VDWC.
19/10/29 Nominated works of The 18th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud have been announced. Public voting period via VR cloud: 1-10 November

Nominated works of The 6th National Resilience Design Award have been announced.

The schedule of FORUM8 Design Festival 2019 3Days+Eve has been updated.
19/08/09 Shade3D Ver.20 has been released. Linear workflow, PBR material/rendering, 3DA
19/08/06 Up&Coming Vol. 126 has been updated.
19/05/28 Engineer's Studio® Ver.9 has been released. 64 bit version and english online help are available.
19/05/10 FORUM8 calls for works for The 18th 3D VR Simulation Contest and The 6th NaRDA.
19/04/26 Up&Coming Vol. 125 has been updated.
19/04/02 The entry of the 7th CPWC and the 9th VDWC has been started.
19/03/29 Announcement of the revision of the subscription service contract prices
19/02/15 Up&Coming Vol. 124 has been updated.
19/02/08 Pier 3D bar arrangement (Japan Standard / English version) has been released.

Foundation 3D bar arrangement (Japan Standard / English version) has been released.
19/01/11 FORUM8 exhibits at the world biggest technology trade show CES (Las Vegas) for the first time. Announce and exhibit of VR-NEXT project
18/12/14 Engineer's Studio® Ver.8 has been released. Engineer's Studio® Section is included.
18/12/07 UC-win/Road Ver.13.1 has been released.

FORUM8 is awarded the "2018 CRM Best Practice Award Continuation Award"
18/11/26 Result announcement of each contest held at FORUM8 Design Festival 2018-3Days. The 17th 3D VR Contest, The 6th CPWC, The 8th VDWCand The 5th NaRDA.
18/11/16 FORUM8 exhibits at SIGGRAPH Asia2018 Tokyo as an exclusive platinum sponsor

Request for your cooperation with "Alternative Designs for Exit Signage Survey (2018)" by FSEG of Greenwich Univ.

FORUM8 sponsors the New Zealand national cricket WC team. The director in charge of development plays at Over-50s Cricket World Cup.
18/11/12 Up&Coming Vol. 123 has been updated.
18/11/02 Public voting for the 3D VR Contest is now open! Asking for your vote for interactive 3D VR works via VR-Cloud®
18/10/31 Nominated works of The 17th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud have been announced. Public voting period via VR cloud: 2-11 November
18/10/25 Nominated works of The 6th CPWC and The 8th VDWC have been announced.
18/10/25 Nominated works of The 5th National Resilience Design Award have been announced.
18/10/10 The schedule of FORUM8 Design Festival 2018 has been updated. Start accepting applications.
18/08/31 Cooperate with The 30th International Olympiad in Informatics 2018 Japan as a gold sponsor. Sep.1-8 in Tsukuba.

FORUM8 hsa acqired all stocks of Shade3D, a 3DCG software company to progress the 3DVR business development.
18/08/01 Up&Coming Vol. 122 has been updated.
18/07/11 Professor Satoshi Fujii from Kyoto University will deliver a special lecture at Design Festival 2018. Call for entries to National Resilience Design Award.

Information of 2019 New Graduates Recruitment has been updated. Flextime work system and company owned house
18/06/05 Notification of merger with an embedded system development company FIRST SYSTEM.

FORUM8 starts providing a TV commercial tied up with "Mach GoGoGo (Speed Racer)"
18/05/10 Earthquake Simulator won Good Prize of "Excellent New Technology and Products for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise / Software Section"
18/04/24 Up&Coming Vol. 121 has been updated.
18/04/02 The entry of the 6th CPWC and the 8th VDWC has been started.
18/03/02 FORUM8 serves as a platinum sponsor at "Drone Programming Contest"
18/02/26 FORUM8 serves as an exclusive platinum sponsor at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Tokyo.
18/02/22 Certified as "Health & Productivity Management Company White 500 (big company)".
18/02/16 UC-win/Road Ver.13 has been released. Earthwork volume calculation, Zone edit, Sound / Wind expression, VIVE / UAV
18/01/12 Up&Coming Vol. 120 has been updated.
17/12/14 Engineer's Studio®2D Ver.3 has been released. Japan Civil Codes Uniaxial Section Design (Partial Factors method) Option has been added.
17/11/24 Result announce of each contest held at FORUM8 Design Festival 2017-3Days.
"The 16th 3D VR Simulation Contest"
- Grand Prix: "Education training of Haneda Airport by VR simulator" Meiwa Sky Support Co., Ltd.
- Excellence Award: "Reproduction of the tramway line and its surroundings in Omuta city" Keisuke Ijiri office
- Excellence Award: "Mobile type safety education experience 4D VR simulation" Korea Transportation Safety Authority

"The 5th Cloud Programming World Cup"
- World Cup Award: "Car that Knows Before You Do via Deep Learning" by "VAGIES" from Koomin University

"The 7th Virtual Design World Cup"
- World Cup Award: "Yangon green labs" by "Living labs" from National University of Kaohsiung
- Excellence Award: "Golden Hub" by "Three People Studio" from National University of Kaohsiung

"The 4th National Resilience Design Award"
- Grand Prix: "Design of solar cell support structure - Detail design by 3D skeleton structure analysis -"
                       Next Energy & Resources Co., Ltd.
- Excellent Award: "Examination of consistency by full scale experiment and nonlinear pushover analysis
                       for PC-wall - Review on applicability of fiber element and M-φ model -"
                       Nippon Concrete Industries Co., Ltd.

State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association Announced The 1st Hagura Award
17/11/21 FORUM8 has been awarded the CRM Best Practice Award again this year.
17/11/10 Public voting for The 16th 3D VR Simulation Contest is now open!
17/11/08 Forum8 sponsored "ACADIA 2017" held at MIT. A hackathon using UC-win/Road was carried out as a pre event.
17/11/06 Nominated works of The 5th CPWC / The 7th VDWC have been announced.
17/11/02 Public voting for The 16th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud starts on 4 November! Asking for your vote until 12 Nov!

Forum8 will participate in Edvation x Summit 2017 as a platinum partner.
17/10/24 Nominated works of The 4th National Resilience Design Award have been announced.  
17/10/20 FORUM8 Design Festival 2017 starts on 14 Nov. Specialists from ministries participate to Autonomous Driving Conference.

Nominated works of The 16th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud have been announced. Public voting period via VR cloud: 4-12 November
17/10/18 New product UC-win/Road Simulink plug-in option has been released. Cooperates with external vehicle movement.

New product UC-win/Road Log UDP Receiver option has been released. UDP communication with the Log Export plug-in.
17/10/16 Up&Coming Vol.119 has been updated.

User Introductions
- China Classification Society
- Pukyong National University

Dealer Network
- Simuteach

Support Topics
- General Products
- UC-win/Road
- Engineer's Studio®

EVENT REPORT
- INNOPROM 2017
- Automotive Engineers Forum / Robotics Engineers Forum
- International VR Symposium The 8th Summer Workshop in Boston

Announcement
- FORUM8 Design Festival 2017 3Days+eve
17/10/10 The schedule of FORUM8 Design Festival 2017 has been updated. Start accepting applications.
17/09/28 Engineer's Studio® Ver. 7 has been released. The Partial Factors Method Option is added.
17/09/04 FORUM8 was certified as a "Grade 2 Eruboshi" company based on the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.

FORUM8 has established a new company "FORUM8 Okinawa" in Naha City
17/07/21 UC-win/Road Ver.12.1 has been released. VIVE, OpenFlight, DS, and SfM 64 bit are now supported.

Up&Coming Vol.118 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Denso Corporation
- Keio University

New Products
- UC-win/Road Ver.12.1
- UC-win/Road UAV Plug-in Ver.3

Support Topics
- UC-win/Road
- Engineer's Studio®

EVENT REPORT
- Autotronics Manufacturing Korea 2017
- Taiwan International Electric Vehicle Show (EV TAIWAN)
- The second session of the 2017 Conference on Transportation Research and Exhibition (TRC)
- CeBIT 2017
- 2nd Roundtable for the Purpose of Autonomous Driving (ROAD2017)
- The 30th Anniversary of FORUM8 Establishment Special Lecture & Celebration

Announcement
- FORUM8 Design Festival 2017 3Days+eve
17/07/07 FORUM8 showcases UC-win/Road, Driving Simulator, solutions based on IoT and embedded systems at INNOPROM 2017, the largest total industrial expo in Russia.
17/06/23 FORUM8 held the 30th Anniversary special lecture & celebration at Imperial Hotel.
17/04/27 Up&Coming Vol. 117 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Mitsui Consultants Co., Ltd.
- Bunkyo University

New Products

- UC-win/Road Camera Sensor Base Plug-in
- UC-win/Road Simulation Realtime Linkage System Option
- UC-win/Road Environmental Assessment Plug-in
- GeoFEAS2D Ver.4

BIM&VR 3DVR Engineering News
- The 5th CPWC and The 7th VDWC Overview

Support Topics
- UC-win/Road
- Engineer's Studio®

EVENT REPORT
- VR EXPO 2017

DEALER NETWORK NEWS
- LiquidPC
17/04/03 The entry of the 5th CPWC and the 7th VDWC has been started.
17/03/07 Acquisition of a basic patent in a drive simulator supporting VR synchronization display with low delay.
UC-win/Road Ver.12 has been released. 64bit and SILS support. Enhancement of UAV plug-in, scenario, etc.
17/02/22 FORUM8 will showcase its technologies in CeBIT 2017, the largest and most internationally represented IT expo to be held in Hannover, Germany
17/01/24 Up&Coming Vol. 116 has been updated.
User Introductions
- PIONEER CORPORATION KAWAGOE Plant

New Products
- UC-win/Road OculusRift Plug-in
- UC-win/Road Kinect Plug-in
- WCOMD Studio Ver 1.1
- Earthquake Simulation Service
- VR game development service

DEALER NETWORK NEWS
- FORUM8 KOREA

Support Topics
- UC-win/Road
- Engineer's Studio®

EVENT REPORT
- SimTecT
- ITS World Congress Melbourne
- SIGGRPH Asia
- FORUM8 Design Festival 2016
16/12/22 Dynamic effective stress analysis for ground (UWLC) English version Ver.2 has been released. Identification analysis by the optimization method.

FORUM8 has been awarded the CRM Best Practice Award two consecutive years.
16/12/08 SIGGRAPH ASIA has kicked off! VR Projection Mapping, Air Driving, and Mind Wave Driving are spotlighted.
16/12/07 Up&Coming Vol. 115 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Shimizu Corporation
- Macquarie University

New Products
- UC-win/Road Ver. 12
- 3DCAD StudioR Linkage Plug-in
- UC-win/Road UAV Plug-in Option Ver. 2
- Engineer's Studio® Ver.6

EVENT REPORT
- Taipei Software Expo 2016
- The US Institute of Transport Engineers 2016 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Mobile & Mobility China 2016
- EXODUS/SMARTFIRE Asia Seminar

COLLABORATION NETWORK
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- North Calolina State University
16/11/30 Results announcement of The 15th 3D VR simulation contest, The 3rd NaRDA, The 4th CPWC, and The 6th VDWC.
16/11/02 FORUM8 Design Festival will be held from 15 November. Short-listed works for a number of competitions have been announced.
16/11/01 The nominated works of The 3rd National Resilience Design Award have been announced.

The nominated works of The 15th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud have been announced.
16/10/19 The nominated works of The 4th Cloud Programming World Cup and The 6th Virtual Design World Cup have been announced.
16/09/21 The schedule of FORUM8 Design Festival 2016 has been updated.
16/09/16 Engineer's Studio® Ver. 6 has been released. Plate elements has been extended. Conversion of the low-elements and pushover analysis examples are now available.
16/08/08 Request for your cooperation with "Alternative Designs for Exit Signage Survey" by FSEG of Greenwich Univ. - EXODUS

The following article about UC-win/Road has been appeared in TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL.
Virtual driving boundaries pushed with new simulation software (The April / May 2016 issue)
16/08/03 Up&Coming Vol. 114 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Denso IT Laboratory
- Tohoku University New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe)

New Products
- FORUM8 Launcher
- NetUPDATE/NetUPDATE WAN Ver. 5.1
- UC-win/Road UAV Plug-in Option
- Dynamic effective stress analysis for ground (UWLC) Ver.2 English Version

BIM&VR 3DVR Engineering News
Arcbazar+ProjectVR Final Results of Obama Presidential Center Competition!!

Support Topics
- UC-win/Road
- Engineer's Studio®

EVENT REPORT
- International Symposium on Building Information Modeling and Digital Software
- MIT ILP Workshop
- ROAD 2016 The 1st Roundtable for the Purpose of Autonomous Driving
- 2016 Intertraffic CHINA
- INT'L SOFT CHINA 2016
16/07/04 Press Information: FORUM8 has released "the ERA of VIRTUAL REALITY UC-win/Road®" Ver.11.
16/06/29  UC-win/Road Ver. 11 has been released.
16/06/22 Up&Coming Vol. 113 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Shinshu Co., Ltd
- University of Seoul
Department of Transportation Engineering, Laboratory of Intelligent Transport Systems(ITS)


New Products
- Arcbazar Support Service

BIM&VR 3DVR Engineering News
- The 4th CPWC and The 6th VDWC Overview

DEALER NETWORK NEWS
- CR&M

EVENT REPORT
- Automotive Engineers Forum in Thailand
16/06/14 FORUM8 will conduct a disaster prevention seminar in Taipei, Shanghai and Seoul. Prof. Galea from FSEG who developed EXODUS delivers a lecture.

Request for your cooperation with "Pedestrian Road Crossing Behaviour Survey" by FSEG of Greenwich Univ. - EXODUS
16/04/07  The entry of the 4th CPWC and the 6th VDWC has been started.
16/03/02 Business partnership with Arcbazar. "Project VR", the fusion of Online Simple Self-Assesment Service and VR-Cloud® has started up.
16/02/29 Engineer's Studio®Ver.5.0.6 has been released. Chinese help included. New format of JMA seismic wave is now supported.
16/02/26 Notice of Transer to FORUM8 Subscription Service. New Software Licencing Policy starts on April 1, 2016.
16/02/17 News record of UC-win/Road. BBC reported the World's First 4K Five-Screen 3D Stereoscopic Driving Simulator in Nagoya University's National Innovation Complex (NIC). (Youtube)
16/02/02 FORUM 8 Officially Becomes a Member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Industrial Liason Program
16/01/27 Up&Coming Vol. 112 has been updated. 

User Introductions
- Nippon Koki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Institute of Smart City, Shanghai University

BIM&VR 3D・VR Engineering News
- The 5th VDWC/The 3rd CPWC and Junior 3D VR contest Final Results Announced!

New Products
- UC-win/Road Ver.11
- Arcbazar+project VR

COLLABORATION NETWORK
- Cybernet Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
15/12/21 Up&Coming Vol. 111 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Central Consultant Inc.
- Nihon University
Traffic System Research, Department of Traffic System Engineering, School of Engineering

New paradigm for infrastructure development
- Vol. 7 "Tapping into the future of BIM & CIM - Reflecting Real World Usage Situation to Bridge the Interaction Between Plans and Realities"

BIM&VR 3D・VR Engineering News
- VDWC/CPWC Preliminary Round Results Announced!

New Products
- Earthquake Simulation Service

COLLABORATION NETWORK
- University of Engineering & Technology Taxila
15/11/27 Results annoucement of the 4th VDWC and 2nd CPWC!

Results annoucement of the 14th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud!

FORUM 8 Has Been Awarded the 2015 CRM Best Practice Award
15/11/09 The nominated works of The 14th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud have been announced.
15/10/23 The nominated works of The 5th Virtual Design World Cup/ The 3rd Cloud Programming World Cup have been announced.
15/10/20 Detail of Design Festival 2015 has been updated.
15/09/29 FORUM8 will participate in the ITS World Congress 2015 in Bordeaux as a Gold Sponsor
15/09/04 A student-oriented projection mapping project event served by Forum 8 as the executive producer and director.
15/07/24 Ultra-Micro Data Centre® (UMDC) has been released.
15/07/10 Up&Coming Vol. 110 has been updated.

User Introductions
- Hagiwara Electric Co., Ltd.
- Aichi Prefectural University
Oguri Lab, School of Information Science and Technology

New paradigm for infrastructure development
- Vol. 6 "Confidence in the Progression of CIM : Advantages to Attract Attention and Challenges to Clear"

New Products
- Lily Car
- Organic Parking
- Vatroni - The Ultra-Speed Encoder/Decoder
- Micro Aerial Pilotless Scanning System (MAPs)

COLLABORATION NETWORK
- Mandli Communications Inc.
15/06/16 FORUM8 Has Built and Delivered the World's First 4K Five-Screen 3D Stereoscopic Driving Simulator for Nagoya University
15/06/09 FORUM8 Canada has been open and started business in Saskatoon, Canada.
15/06/02 Kintai Bridge Projection Mapping Performance Art - "A Bridge through Time" - A 3DVR Use Case
15/04/17 Up&Coming Vol. 109 has been updated.

New Products
- Engineer's StudioExa.ior.5
- High-performance computing on cloud services® Tsunami and fluid analysis simulation service

DEALER NETWORK NEWS
- Exa.io

COLLABORATION NETWORK
- Michael Baker International

EVENT REPORT
- Smart City Summit&Expo 2015
15/03/26 The site for Virtual Design World Cup & Cloud Programming World Cup 2015 has been launched.
15/02/03 Up & Coming Vol. 108 has been updated.

User Introduction
- Obayashi Corporation

3D VR Engineering News
- Result Annoucement for The 4th VDWC / The 2nd CPWC

New Products
- UC-win/Road Ver.10.1

Dealer Network News
- DESCALT

Collaboration Network
- Bluetiger, LLC

Event Report
- FORUM8 Design Festival 2014-3Days
- SIGGRAPH ASIA 2014
- The 1st IRF Asia Regional Congress
14/11/28 Results annoucement of the 13th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud!
14/11/25 Results annoucement of the 4th VDWC and 2nd CPWC!
14/11/13 The nominated works of Virtual Design World Cup/ Cloud Programming World Cup have been announced.
14/11/07 The details for Design Festival 2014 has been posted.
14/10/23 Up & Coming No. 107 has been updated.

User Introduction
- State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation

New Paradigm for Infrastructure Construction
- Vol. 3 "The Kaiser Project, Hopes on Spread of 3D CAD, and Issues in Advancement of CIM"

New Products Introduction
- UC-win/Road Ver.9.1 Education Version
- 3DCAD Studio®
- OHPASS English Version
- Debris-Avalanche Simulation Plug-in Ver.2
- VR-Cloud® Ver.6
- UC-win/Road Driving Simulator
- High Performance Computing on Cloud Services LuxRender Rendering Service
- UMDC Ultra Micro Data Center®(UMDC) Ver.3

Exhibition overseas
- SIGGRAPH in Vancouver, Canada
- ITS World Congress in Detroit, USA
14/08/06 Up & Coming No. 106 has been updated.

New Products Introduction
- VR-Cloud® Rhino Plug-in
- UC-win/Road Ver.9.1, Ver.10

User Introduction
- Sanyu Civil Engineering Corporation (SCEC)

New Paradigm for Infrastructure Construction
- Vol. 3 "The Kaiser Project, Hopes on Spread of 3D CAD, and Issues in Advancement of CIM"

Dealer Network News
- CYBERNET SYSTEMS TAIWAN Co. Ltd.
14/08/06 8DOF Traffic Safety Simulator System has been completed.
14/07/31 Design Festival 2014 has bee updated.
14/07/18 FORUM8 was chosen as "The Robot for the Next Generation Social Infrastructure with Target Application in Onsite Inspection" by Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism.
14/04/14 The entry of the 4th Student BIM&VR Design Contest VDWC and the 2nd CPWC on Cloud has been started.
14/04/01 Up & Coming No. 105 has been updated.

User Introduction
- AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd.

New Paradigm for Infrastructure Construction
- Vol. 2 "Expectation to Advanced Use of CIM"

New Products Introduction
- Engineer's Studio® Ver.4

Dealer Network News / Collaboration News
- Altyapi Engineering
14/01/31 Up & Coming No. 104 has been updated.

User Introduction
- Kobe Enterprise Promotion Bureau, Kobe City Government

New Paradigm for Infrastructure Construction
- Vol. 1 "What are the Points in Evolution of CIM?"

3DVR Engineering News
- Grand Prix and Other Prizes of VDWC and CPWC
Decided Report of Award-giving Ceremony and the Sixth International VR Symposium


Dealer Network News
- Mandli Communications Inc.
13/11/30 Up & Coming No. 103 has been updated.
13/09/30 Up & Coming No. 102 has been updated.
User Introduction
-PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.

ITS: Vol. 7
-20th ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013 Coming Soon, and FORUM8 in the WC

Dealer Network News
-ConSerVR (Egypt)
13/09/10 The nominated works of FORUM8 Design Festival 2013-3Days, 12th 3DVR simulation contest have been announced.
Public voting period: 9/10-9/17
13/07/18 Up & Coming No. 101 has been updated.
New Products Introduction
-VR-Cloud® Ver.5

Collaboration News
-Rosso, Inc.

Seminar Report
-ITS European Congress
13/06/19 The details for The 1st Cloud Programming World Cup has been posted.
13/06/19 VR-Cloud® Ver.5 has been released.
13/05/30 UC-win/Road Ver.9 has been released.
13/05/30 Engineer's Studio® Ver.3 has been released.
13/04/09 Up & Coming No. 100 has been updated.
User Introduction
- Kyoto University Graduate School

New Products Introduction
-OHPASS 2012
-UC-win/Road OHPASS Plug-in Option

Dealer Network News / Collaboration News

- GTA (German)

Event Report
- Kansai University Kaiser Project Special Seminar

Towards ITS world conference in Tokyo 2013
- Report on "19th ITS World Congress Vienna 2012"
13/01/11 Up & Coming No. 99 has been updated.
New Products Introduction
-UC-win/Road SDK
-UC-win/Road Ver.9
-S-Paramics
-UMDC Ultra Micro Data Center®

Dealer Network News / Collaboration News
- SIAS (UK)

Event Report
- 2012 International 3D VR Simulation Conference
12/11/30 Results Announcement of the 2nd Virtual Design World Cup !
12/11/16 Up & Coming No. 98 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Alpine Electronics, Inc.

Up & Coming No. 97 has been updated.
User Introduction
-[ Feature Article on Okinawa User (1) ] University of the Ryukyus
-[ Feature Article on Okinawa User (2) ] Okinawa Structural Design, Inc.
-[ Feature Article on Okinawa User (3) ] Chuo-kensetsu Consultant Co., Ltd.,
12/11/06 The 2nd Virtual Design World Cup Nominated work has been presented.
12/10/19 UC-win/Road Ver.8.00.00 has been released.
12/09/26 Results Announcement of the 11th 3DVR Simulation on Cloud !
12/09/11 VR-Cloud ® Ver.4 has been released.
12/09/07 The nominated works of FORUM8 Design Festival 2012-3Days, 11th 3DVR simulation contest have been announced.
11 works were nominated after careful consideration, the Selection Committee.
Public voting period: Friday, September 7 - Monday, September 17  Venue on cloud:http://vrcon.forum8.co.jp/vote/
12/08/31 Design Festival 2012-3Days, the schedule has been updated.
12/07/04 Up & Coming No. 97 has been updated.
New Products Introduction
-UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.6
-UC-Draw Ver.7
-VR-Drive

Dealer Network News / Collaboration News
-SIRADEL
12/06/15 UC-win/Road Ver.7.01.00 has been released.
12/05/30 FORUM8 signed a premium partnership with SIRADEL, France. VR-Design & SIRADEL.
12/05/24 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.6 has been released.
12/05/11 Campaigns in celebration of the 25th anniversary of FORUM8 has been kick started.
12/05/01 Virtual Design World Cup -The 2nd Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services" Entry has been released.
12/04/16 UC-win/Road Ver.7.00.00 has been released.
12/04/16 VR-Drive has been released.
12/04/12 Up & Coming No. 96 has been updated.
User Report
- APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Disaster Prevention and Environmental Analyses Dept., Engineering Division


New Serial Towards "ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013"
- ITS World Congress

New Products Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.7
- VR-Cloud (R) Ver.3
- Plug-in for 3D point cloud and post-processed road management report
- Legion Plug-in

Dealer Network News
-Fuji Planning Consultant, Co.

Event Seminar Preview
-2012 Korea Roundabout Seminar

Support Topics
-Engineer's StudioR

12/04/03 Competition Overview and Register form of "Virtual Design World Cup -The 2nd Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services" have been posted on Seminars/Fairs.
Organizers: Virtual Design World Cup Executive Committee
Sponsors (Planned): CG-ARTS Associates, IAI JAPAN., The Society for Art and Science, GRAITEC
12/03/09 Up & Coming No. 95 has been updated.
New Products Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.6 sample model
-Infrared depth sensor DTK
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.06.03 English version
-High-performance computing on cloud services® Wind and Heat Movement Analysis Super Computing Analysis/ Simulation Service
-VR-Cloud(R) Parking NAVI

Dealer Network News
-Shanghai Chikushi Engineering Consultants Co., LTD
11/12/26 VR-Cloud® Ver.2 has been released.
11/12/21 Forum8 won an award at "2011 International tunnelling award" with Virtual Reality Tunnel Operator System

UC-win/Road Ver.6.00.02 is released.
11/12/19 Up & Coming No. 94 has been updated.
New Products Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.6
-VR-Cloud® Ver.2.0
-Supercomputer on cloud : Noise measurement simulation service (Option)
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.07
-xpswmm 2011
-DesignBuilder Ver.3
-Allplan 2012 Japanese version
-Hospital VR System

Dealer Network News
-北京維易在線科技有限公司 (TST-Virtual Reality)

Support Topics
-UC-win/Road
-Engineer's Studio®

Event Report
-TRB 6th International Symposium on Visualization in Transportation
11/11/18 The result of "10th 3D VR Simulation Contest" has been announced !
The awarded works have been posted.
11/11/09 The nominated works of FORUM8 Design Festival 2011-3Days, 10th 3DVR simulation contest have been announced.
10 works were nominated after careful consideration, the Selection Committee.
Public voting period: Tuesday, November 8 - Monday, November 14  Venue on cloud:https://vrcon.forum8.jp/index-en.htm
11/11/07 The awarded works of Virtual Design World Cup, Student BIM&VR Contest has been announced !
11/10/19 Design Festival 2011-3Days, the schedule has been updated.
11/10/18 Up & Coming No. 93 has been updated.
W16 International VR symposium
-The 4th International VR symposium-World16 Summer workshop

W16 Press
-World16 Summer Workshop tour report in Italy July 25-28, 2011

Event Report
-Asian Construction IT Round-table Meeting
-ITS China 2011
11/09/29 Up & Coming No. 93 has been updated.
User Introduction
-[ Opening interview ] Ask Prof. Galea, the world authority of evacuation analysis !
-[ Special feature of Europe users 1 ] BMIA
-[ Special feature of Europe users 2 ] Robert Gordon University
-[ Special feature of Europe users 3 ] Sunderland University
-[ Special feature of Europe users 4 ] Omnitrans International BV

BIM&VR 3D・VR Engineering News
-Discussion of image from model creation to how to make an presentation
Virtual Design World Cup, Workshop Vol.2 and 3


New Products Introduction
-High-performance computing on cloud services : UC-win/Road CG movie service
-High-performance computing on cloud services : Noise analysis/simulation supercomputing service
-Multi-Cluster digital signage system with infrared depth sensor 

Dealer Network News
-Western Regional Partner Network
11/08/24 Engineer's Studio® High-performa
11/08/09 Noise analysis/simulation High-performance computing on cloud(TM) service was released.
11/07/28 The 3rd workshop report of Virtual Design World Cup -The 1st Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services- has been posted.
11/07/27 Up & Coming No. 92 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Techno Tohoku Corporation

New Products Introduction
-Engineer's Studio® SDK Ver.1.06.02
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.06.02/03
11/07/26 Up & Coming No. 92 has been updated.
New Products Introduction
-UC-win/Road RoboCar® Auto parking
-UC-win/Road Train simulator proposal
-Abutment Design(English output version)
-Foundation Design Calculation(English output version)
-Allplan2011

Event Seminar Preview
-2011 Intelligent Transport Systems Conference in China (2011 ITSCC) Location Tianjin
-9th Student Formula SAE Competition of JAPAN
-1st Active Safety International Conference
-Tokyo Game Show 2011
-DS'11 KOBE Disaster Simulation & Structural Safety
-UIA2011 Tokyo The 24th World Congress of Architecture
-Japan Home Show 2011

Dealer Network News
-DM E&C Co.,Ltd. / Pegasus Services International Corp.

Collaboration News
-Foundation for Computational Science (FOCUS)
11/07/22 Up & Coming No. 92 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University Disaster Control Research Center (Tsunami Engineering) Professor Fumihiko Imamura
-Designing Division, Koriyama Sokuryo Sekkei (survey design) Co., Ltd.

FORUM8 Design Festival 2011
11/07/06 Up & Coming No. 91 has been updated.

Application Information
-Android

New Products Introduction
-VR-Cloud(TM)
-a3S(Anything as a Service)
-Temporary sheathing work design Ver.8 / Temporary piled jetty design Ver.4 / Double wall cofferdam design
(English version based on Japanese specifications)

-Supercomputer cloud service

BIM&VR 3D・VR Engineering News
-3D Physical Model&VR System / Sample model of distributing reservoir

Dealer Network News
-Kailai Dynasim Simulation Tech Co., Ltd

Event Report
-First anniversary seminar of Korea office

FORUM8 Design Festival 2011
11/07/05 The 2nd workshop report of Virtual Design World Cup -The 1st Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services- has been posted.
11/05/18 The 1st workshop report of Virtual Design World Cup -The 1st Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services- has been posted.
11/05/12 The 1st Workshop Report schedule and the introduction of lectures of Virtual Design World Cup
-The 1st Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services-
have been posted.
11/04/27 Competition Overview and Register form of "Virtual Design World Cup -The 1st Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud Services" have been posted on Seminars/Faris.
 Organization : Organizing Committee of Virtual Design World Cup
 Sponsors : NICOGRAPH/Japan Institute of Art, CG-ARTS Associates,
Kentsu Publishing, THSWARE Co, Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd, etc
11/03/28 Up & Coming No. 90 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.5.2 Italian Version
-UC-win/Road Ver.5.2 Replay Option
-UC-win/Road SDK Ver.5.1
-UC-win/Road Education Version
-UC-win/Road Point Cloud Data modeling
-UC-win/Road Noise Simulation Option
-UC-win/Road Physical Model and VR System
-Engineer's Studio® 2D Ver.2
-Engineer's Studio® for Students

Support topics
-UC-win/Road

Dealer Network News
-SAH Corp / E&GIT CO.,Ltd.

Collaboration News
-Sigma Engineering Solutions Inc.

Event Report
-4th International Automotive Electronics Technology Expo
-Japan Symposium on Software Testing 2011 Tokyo

Event Seminar Preview
-ALGODE TOKYO 2011 / AAST International Workshop

FORUM8 Design Festival 2011
11/03/04 Evacuation simulation EXODUS / SMARTFIRE has been posted.
11/02/24 Up & Coming No. 89 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-Architectural and Structural Analysis Support Service
11/01/31 Up & Coming No. 89 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Fukui National College of Technology

Overseas News on Civil Engineering IT
-International Road Federation(IRF)

3D・VR Engineering News
-3D Modeling Service/3D scan VR modeling services

New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.5.1
-UC-win/Road for RoboCar® Ver.2 for AURELO
-VR-Studio® Ver.1.03
-VR-Studio® Ver.1.03 Sample models
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.06.00
-UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.5

Dealer Network News
-Mechanical Simulation(USA)

Collaboration News
-PTV (Germany) / Shenzhen Tsinghua Sware Software(THSWARE) (China)

Event Report
-FORUM8 Design Festival 2010-3Days
-Road Expo Ireland
-2nd Shanghai International Disaster Reduction and Security Exhibition 2010 /
The largest platform for governmental procurement
-17th ITS World Congress, Busan 2010
-Automotive Testing Expo - North America
-Water Expo China 2010
-CRTS CHINA - China International Rail Transit Technology Exhibition 2010
10/12/13  Up & Coming No. 88 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Shanghai Municipal & Traffic Design Institute
-Tongji University, Shanghai
-Tianjin University
Event Report
Build Live Tokyo 2010 Report
10/11/26 Up & Coming No. 88 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road WebViewer Ver.2.0
10/11/25 Up & Coming No. 88 has been updated.
Overseas News on Civil Engineering IT
-Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
3D・VR Engineering News
-3The latest topic of 3D scan modeling service / BIM&VR solution catalogue / Student BIM Contest
Dealer Network News
-Amvient Co.,Ltd. / ILTP Consulting
Event Report
-Road Safety Conference
-15th National Engineering Design Software Conference
-2010 Fall Transportation Conference
-SIAS-Paramics User Group Meeting
10/11/24 "9th 3D VR Simulation Contest" Results announcement
FORUM8 Design Festival 2010-3Days The awarded works in the contest held on Day3(11/19) are posted.
-Grand Prix: Faculty of Policy Studies, Kansai University "Proposal of underground installation of Hanshin expressway and improved city using VR"
-Excellence Award : East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd "Highway driving simulator system"
10/09/16 Press Information has been updated.
Visualization technology of FORUM8 will appear in the September issue of the Automotive Testing Technology International magazine
10/09/14 Up & Coming No. 87 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-International VR Symposium-World16 Summer Workshop
10/09/09 Up & Coming No. 87 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.5.0 - 2
-Vehicle Trajectory Mapping System
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.05
10/09/08 Up & Coming No. 87 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-VR-Studio® Ver.1.02
Dealer Network News
-BIM&VR Symposium 2010 / The planning of the 2nd National University Sware Cup
10/09/07 Up & Coming No. 87 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-Korea “Joint Seminar of VR technology utilization in traffic engineering field”
-EV KOREA 2010
-Vehicle Dynamics 2010
-Modelling World 2010
-Car Testing China 2010
-ITE Western Distric Annual Meeting(ITE)
-9th US National and 10th Canadian Earthquake Engineering Conference
Collaboration News
-AMAP
10/08/18 Seminar/fairs page has been updated. (Conference schedule added.)
10/07/26 Up & Coming No. 86 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
-Seoul National University
10/07/14 Up & Coming No. 86 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road for RoboCar®
-Safety Driving Simulator / Safety Driving educational
10/07/12 Up & Coming No. 86 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road for SaaS
-UC-win/Road Ver.5.0
-UC-win/Road Point Cloud Data Modeling
-UC-win/Road Special weather / performance・Tsunami function
Seminar Reports
-ITS American Annual Meeting and Exposition
-Asia Urban Transport Summit 2010
-Design Analysis Protective Structures 2010
-SimTecT 2010
-Smart Software Conference Korea
Dealer Network News
-Teach America / Won E&C Co., Ltd.
10/07/08 Up & Coming No. 86 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-3D VR Engineering Service
Collaboration News
-China dealer meeting report / ZMP INC
10/06/09 UC-win/Road Safety Driving Simulator has been posted.
10/06/03 Up & Coming No. 85 has been updated.
Collaboration Events Reports
-12d Model International User Conference 2010
-Nemetshek International Meeting

UC-win/Road for SAAS was introduced in video news by Coud Computing Expo, Tokyo 2010.

3D VR on cloud computing environment! UC-win/Road for SAAS has been posted.

UC-win/Road for RoboCAR and Road Cluster option and Road Communication option has been posted.
10/05/21 Updated Overseas Agency List
-WonE&C Co.,Ltd. (Korea)
-Teach America Corp. (USA)
-OmniTRANS International (Netherlands)
10/05/20 Up & Coming No. 85 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road for S-Paramics
Collaboration News
-Forum8 launches CarSim for UC-win/Road
Seminar Reports
-ITE Technical Conference
-TRANSTEC DELHI
10/05/19 FORUM 8 becomes certified System Integrator in Japan

Up & Coming No. 85 has been updated.
Dealer Network News
-BMIA: Bureau d'etude, Machines Speciales, Informatique, Automatisme / OmniTRANS International

Up & Coming No. 84 has been updated.
Dealer Network News
-Virtual Simulation & Training Inc. (VSAT)
10/05/17 Up & Coming No. 85 has been updated.
New Product Introductions
 -City Design Tool
10/05/10 Up & Coming No. 85 has been updated.
User Introduction
 -New Business Div., Fukuoka Office, Taisei Engineering Co., Ltd.
10/04/07 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 30" has been delivered.
10/03/26 Up & Coming No. 84 has been updated.
Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
-Association for European Transport (AET)
10/03/17 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 29" has been delivered.
10/03/16 Tsunami analysis support service (Solutions for public sectors, solutions for earthquake countermeasures) has been posted.
10/03/08 Up & Coming No. 84 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
 -FORUM8 Design Festival 2009-3Days (Day2)
 ---3rd Design Conference
 ---3rd International VR Symposium
10/03/05 Up & Coming No. 84 has been updated.
Hardware Information
 -Fuji FinePix REAL 3D W1
New Product Introduction
 -UC-win/Road Cluster Option
 -The latest information on UC-win/Road DB (compatible with ver.4)
 -UC-win/Road Customize system Point Cloud Data modeling/MMS
FORUM8 International Office News
10/03/01 Up & Coming No. 84 has been updated.
User Introduction
 -ISBIM Limited
10/02/24 Conferences page has been updated.
-The 9th 3D VR Simulation Contest
10/02/12 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 28" has been delivered.
10/02/09 Now you can experience our 3D Stereo Driving Simulator with large 3 channel screen at our Tokyo Head Office in Nakameguro GT Tower. >> MAP
10/01/27 Conferences page has been updated.
-FORUM8 Design Festival 2010
10/01/26 Company information updated.
10/01/20 UC-win/Road Product information has been updated.
Movie of UC-win/Road Ver.4's new functions-presenting improved lighting functions.
AVI (81,907KB) / YouTube

Up & Coming No. 83 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
 -15th Embarcadero Developer Camp
10/01/08 Up & Coming No. 83 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
 -UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.4
Seminar Reports
 -FORUM8 Design Festival 2009-3Days

Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 27" has been delivered.
10/01/04 Up & Coming No. 83 has been updated.
Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
 -World Road Association (PIARC)

Updated Overseas Agency List
 -Virtual Simulation & Training Inc. (VSAT) (USA)
10/01/01 Up & Coming No. 83 has been updated.
User Introduction
 -Ourston Roundabout Engineering, Inc.
New Product Introduction
 -VR-Studio® Ver.1.01
 -UC-win/Road for 12D Model
Seminar Reports
 -Overseas Event Report (January 2010)
Collaboration News
 -SIAS Limited
09/12/25 Released UC-win/Road Trial Version Ver.4.00.01
09/12/15 UC-win/Road Ver.4 Ver.4.00.01 Released.
Improved features of the Ver.4.00.01
 1. Improved cuttings and banks and rounding of a small stage
 2. Geographical features in the world
 (Available to import CGIAR-CSI SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data for the entire world. China and Australia are installed)
 3. Context (function to save the settings)
 4. Traffic connector (connecting function of road and traffic)
 5. Creating and customizing function for vehicle model, reproducing engine braking and creep phenomenon
 6. Improvement of the special effect of the weather expression
 7. Improvement of lighting function (vehicle headlight, bloom function of object, light source of the spotlight)
 8. 3D stereo display
 9. Renewed user Interface
09/12/14 Screen shots and movie of the awarded works from the 8th 3D, VR Simulation Contest Contest are available to view on the website.
 uc-win/ucwin-road-e1.htm
 The 8th 3D VR Simulation Contest 2009-Nov .review
09/11/27 Up & Coming No. 82 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.02
09/11/25 Results of the 8th 3D VR Simulation Contest
See below for this years winner of the Grand Prix and Excellence Awards at the contest, the 3rd day of the Design Festival 2009
Grand Prix :
 "VR Data for Ohashi Junction of Metropolitan Expressway" Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Excellence Award :
 "VR simulation of Design Change of Korea Namhae Highway " Korea Road Agency (Korea)

Up & Coming No. 82 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Noise Simulation Option
Seminar Reports
-8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling/8UDM
09/11/18 Up & Coming No. 82 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-16th ITS World Congress Stockholm
-ROTREX2009/ Incheon, Korea
-2nd Construction Computer Application Forum
-2nd Asia Bridge Summit /Shanghai, China
09/11/13 Up & Coming No. 82 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Laboratory for Cognitive Systems Science, Department of Risk Engineering, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
-The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC)
New Product Introduction
-3D Stereo Driving Simulation System
Collaboration News
-Nemetschek Allplan GmbH
09/11/12 Up & Coming No. 82 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ver.4
Dealer Network News
-JX International Pty Ltd
09/11/11 Works nominated for the 8th 3D VR Simulation Contest were announced!
11 works were nominated in an impartial judgement.
The top 11 works (Domestic: 5, Overseas: 6) of this preliminary round were selected.
Judged by
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi (NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobou)
Mr. Fumio Seki (Taisei corporation)
Mr. Sinsuke Kitagawa (Yachiyo Engineering)
09/11/06 Up & Coming No. 82 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-VR-Studio® , VR-Studio® sample model
09/10/28 Conferences has been updated.
-FORUM8 Design Festival 2009
09/10/23 Up & Coming No. 81 has been updated.
News Release
-FORUM 8's project, "Verification System for Structural Design" selected as a subsidized project of NEDO
New Product Introduction
-Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.1
09/09/16 Up & Coming No. 81 has been updated.
Hardware Information
-Latest Device 2009-5 : 3D-B vision MR/AR Glassless 3D Vision
Collaboration News
-The University of Greenwich / USA Ourston Traffic Solutions Inc
Dealer Network News
-Kam Technologies
09/09/15 Up & Coming No. 81 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-2nd VR Symposium -World16 Summer Workshop
-Overseas Event Report(September 2009 FORUM 8)
09/09/14 Up & Coming No. 81 has been updated.
User Introduction
-The Survey and Technology Applications group, Thiess Pty Ltd
Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
-International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
09/09/11 Up & Coming No. 81 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road for xpswmm
-UC-win/Road for OSCADY
-UC-win/Road Communication plug-in network-based driving solution
-UC-win/Road DB update information

Conferences has been updated.
-FORUM8 Design Festival 2009
09/08/20 UC-win/Road DB Download Ranking (January-June 2009) has been updated.
09/08/19 Events has been updated.
-16th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems & Services
09/08/07 Released UC-win/Road Trial Version Ver.3.04.09
09/08/06 "Experience driving simulation for an ecological drive check" has been updated.
Created road and drove Drive simulator

Products page updated: New products and versions.

Mailing List "UC-win/Road Product Updated Information" has been delivered.
09/08/04 UC-win/Road Ecological Drive Plug-in released.
09/08/03 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 22" has been delivered.
09/07/31 Up & Coming No. 80 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-Overseas Event Report July 2009
Collaboration News
-Virtual Mechanics Corporation
09/07/28 Up & Coming No. 80 has been updated.
Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
-European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
Seminar Reports
-10th UC-win/Road Conference / VR-Studio® Conference Report
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road 3D Bar Arrangement Simulation
-UC-win/Road Ver.3.4.7
09/07/27 Up & Coming No. 80 has been updated.
User Introduction
-System Management Div., General Affairs Dept., Mayor's Office Street Construction Div., Road Dept., Construction Bureau Himeji City
09/07/13 UC-win/Road Micro Simulation Player sample movie has been updated.
1. Traffic Micro Simulation operation/replay ・AVI ( 35,792KB )
2. Evacuation Micro Simulation operation/replay ・AVI ( 14,052KB )
3 .Heavy Machinery/Construction Micro Simulation operation/replay ・AVI ( 4,658KB )
4 .Railway Simulation operation/replay ・AVI ( 20,716KB )
5 .Static Object Control Play List Sample ・AVI ( 17,893KB )

Updated Overseas Agency List
Tecton Limited (Hong Kong)
09/07/02 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 21" has been delivered.
09/06/30 The UC-win/Road Drive Simulator Description Video has been posted.
1. Introduction of UC-win/Road Drive Simulator •AVI (384,139KB)
2. Introduction of UC-win/Road Experience Simulator •AVI (158,572KB)
3. Introduction of UC-win/Road Advanced Simulator •AVI (186,916KB)
4. Introduction of UC-win/Road Motion Platform Option •AVI (157,365KB)
"Creating Intersection in just three minutes! With the Motion DS, you can drive on your own created roads."
09/06/26 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
New Series "100 Best Bridges"
Support Topics
-UC-win/Road/UC-win/FRAME(3D)
09/06/24 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
UC-win/Road Drive Simulator
09/06/19 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-Experience Seminar for the Engineer's Studio
Collaboration News
-GRAITEC
09/06/17 Press from the London Office has been updated.
French Premier Partner's success with UC-win/Road
09/06/16 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 20" has been delivered.
09/06/12 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-Report of the C1-2 Experiment Pre-analysis Contest
-Report of Experience Seminar & Allplan, BIM Solution
09/06/05 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
Dealer Network News
-Beijing tepia Technology Co., Ltd
09/06/01 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 19" has been delivered.
09/05/29 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Motion Platform Option
-UC-win/Road Customized System Railway Simulator
Seminar Reports
-Intertraffic Connecting Innovation to Infrastructure
09/05/26 Updated Overseas Agency List
JuneSun Digital Information Service Corp. (Taiwan)
09/05/22 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
Seminar Reports
-IEEE 2009
-ITE 2009 Phoenix, Technical Conference and Exhibit
09/05/15 Up & Coming No. 79 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Kakogawa Design Group, Super Science High School, Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Higashi High School

Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
-America's Transportation Award
09/05/14 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 18" has been delivered.
09/05/10 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 17" has been delivered.
09/05/08 Launched "OpenMicroSim.org", XML sheme open site for UC-win/Road Open Micro Simulation Player
09/04/30 The 10th UC-win/Road Conference / The Inaugural VR-StudioTM Conference has been updated.
-Contents of Lectures / Annoucements of Lecturers
09/04/27 The 3D display, which UC-win/Road will support has been posted.
09/04/24 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
Dealer Network News
-Shenzhen Tsinghua Sware Software Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
Support Topics
-UC-win/Road/UC-win/FRAME(3D)
Seminar Reports

-imagina2009
09/04/20 VIDEO by UC-win/Road has been adopted in the VIDEO class, IEEE Virtual Reality 2009.
UC-win/Road 3D VR Contest Review VIDEO by Reid Baker of FORUM8 (mov format 1,034,232KB)
09/04/17 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Analysis Support Service
UC-win/FRAME(3D) analysis support team won the pre-analysis contest (E-defense) in the fiber model class
09/04/13 The 10th UC-win/Road Conference / The Inaugural VR-StudioTM Conference has been updated.
-Lecture schedule
09/04/10 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-Geotechnical Analysis Support Service
-DesignBuilder Ver.1.9

Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 16" has been delivered.

Released UC-win/Road Trial Version Ver.3.04.04
09/04/02 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-Engineer's Studio Analysis Support Service
09/04/01 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road Ecological Drive Plug-in
-UC-win/RoadDB Sample Data Download Information
09/03/30 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
New Product Introduction
-UC-win/Road micro simulation player
09/03/27 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
-Released Engineer's Studio Ver.1
09/03/24 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.3 International Ver.3.00.02 Release.
09/03/19 Up & Coming No. 78 has been updated.
User Introduction
-Disaster Prevention Engineering, Dept. of Urban and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo City University

Oversea News on Civil Engineering IT
-AASHTO - Economic Recovery "Yes We Can!"

Civil Forum: The First Civil Forum Under Collaboration of Five NPOs in Different Fields of Construction

New Series "100 Best Bridges"

Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 15" has been delivered.
09/03/13 UC-win/Road "About MD3 Characters"(making way from motion captures, Sample AVI files) has been posted.
09/03/12 Up & Coming No. 77 has been updated.
Dealer Network News

-Twoplus Soft Co.,Ltd.

Seminar Reports
-15th World Congress on ITS
-SIGGRAPH ASIA
-Car Testing Japan2008 Winter

Thai Representative Office
09/03/09 Up & Coming No. 77 has been updated.
New Product Introduction

-UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.04 UC-win/Road DB
Seminar Reports
-The 7th 3D VR contest by UC-win/Road
-Publication Party of "VR Presentation and New Urban Development"
09/03/06 Events has been updated.
-IEEE VR 2009
-ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit
09/03/05 Released UC-win/Road Trial Version Ver.3.04.04

Up & Coming No. 77 has been updated.
Support Topics
-UC-win/Road / UC-win/FRAME(3D)
09/02/27 Released Engineer's Studio
09/02/25 Released UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.04
VR-Studio® Conference / 10th UC-win/Road Conference has been posted.
09/02/13 UC-win/Road "aaSIDRA plug in" has been updated.
09/02/02 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 14" has been delivered.
09/01/19 Up & Coming No. 77 has been updated.
User Introduction

-Strategy Planning Dept., IT & ITS Planning Div., Toyota Motor Corporation
09/01/16 Up & Coming No. 77 has been updated.
Seminar Reports

-The 2nd International VR Symposium
09/01/14 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 13" has been delivered.
09/01/08 Up & Coming No. 77 has been updated.
International Civil Engineering IT News

-LightRailNow! Light Rail Progress
09/01/07 Up & Coming No. 76 has been updated.
Support Topics
-UC-win/Road / UC-win/FRAME(3D)
09/01/05 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
imagina 2009
4 - 6 February, 2009, Principality of Monaco
IETF2009 (International Engineering & Technology Fair)
23 - 26 February, 2009, Bangalore International Exhibition Center (BIEC), India
08/12/26 Released UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.03
Released UC-win/Road - GIS View

Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 12" has been delivered.
08/12/25 Up & Coming No. 76 has been updated.
New Product Introductions

-GeoFEAS2D Ver.2 ALID
08/12/17 Up & Coming No. 76 has been updated.
User Introduction

-Lab. of Landscape Engineering, Dept. of Landscape Architecture Science,
Faculty of Regional Environment Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture
08/12/15 The winners of the 7th "3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" have been posted on vr.forum8.jp (the UC-win/Road site) and the UC-win/Road Video Gallery.

Up & Coming No. 76 has been updated.
New Product Introductions

-UC-win/Road Experience Simulator
-UC-win/Road SDK
-UC-win/RoadDB
08/12/08 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 11" has been delivered.

Released UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.02
08/12/02 FORUM8 Thailand Representative Office was posted on Branches & Showrooms.
08/11/27 Publication of screen captures from the 7th "3D/VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" prize winners.

Dealer Network News
-VR CAM Technologies Sdn Bhd.

Events has been updated.
-Car Testing Japan 2008 Winter
-SIGGRAPH ASIA
08/11/26 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 10" has been delivered.

Events has been updated.
-Urban Mobility India
08/11/25 The 7th "3D/VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" Result Announcement
Prize winner summary

GRAND PRIX
- "Simulated driving diagnosis system using CG simulation"
by the National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid
EXCELLENCE AWARD
- "Sakai City Oshoji LRT Project VR data"
by the Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
08/11/20 Seminar Reports has been updated.
-The 2nd FORUM8 Design Conference
08/11/18 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
15th World Congress on ITS
16 - 20 November, 2008, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York
08/11/14 Up & Coming No. 76 has been updated.
International Civil Engineering IT News

-West Point Bridge Design Contest: Design a Virtual Bridge... Learn about Engineering!
08/11/12 Works nominated for the 7th "3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" were announced!
12 works were nominated in an impartial judgement.
The top 12 works (Domestic: 6, Overseas: 6) of this preliminary round were selected.
Judged by
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi (NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobou)
Mr. Fumio Seki (Taisei corporation)
Mr. Sinsuke Kitagawa (Yachiyo Engineering)
08/10/31 Released UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.01

Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 9" has been delivered.
08/10/06 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 8" has been delivered.

UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.00 Trial version Download has been updated.
08/10/02 Sponsors and leaflets for the "7th 3D VR simulation contest by UC-win/Road"
have been posted in the Seminars / Fairs section.
08/10/01 7th 3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road has been posted.
08/09/24 Released UC-win/Road Ver.3.04.00
08/09/12 Up & Coming No. 75 has been updated.
New Product Introductions

-UC-win/Road Ver.3.4

Dealer Network News
-Tecnodata educacional

Support Topics
-UC-win/Road / UC-win/FRAME(3D)

Seminar Reports
-VR workshop at ASU
-Overseas Event Report (Sep, 2008)
08/09/05 UC-win/Road DB has been updated.
3D Model Data for UC-win/Road Users
08/09/04 International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America: Quality People. Quality Projects.
08/08/29 6th UC-win/FRAME(3D) / Conference FORUM8 Design Conference has been posted.
08/08/19 UC-win/Road USA website launched.
This website is brought to you by Ensoft, the FORUM8 dealer in the USA..
08/08/15 Support topics has been updated. UC-win/Road, UC-win/FRAME(3D)
08/08/05 Seminar Reports has been updated. Overseas Event Report
08/08/01 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 6" has been delivered.

Events has been updated.
-R.I.A.A. Roadmarking & Signs Conference & Exhibition
-ITE 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
-International Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology
08/07/31 FORUM8 Beijing Representative Office was posted on Branches & Showrooms.

Seminars has been updated. VR workshop at ASU
08/07/28 An advertisement has been posted.
Automotive Industries Vol. 187
08/07/25 New Product Introductions has been updated.
UC-win/Road for xpswmm
08/07/22 Seminar Reports has been updated. 9th UC-win/Road Conference

Posted Articles has been updated. CARVI2008
08/07/16 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 5" have been delivered.
08/07/14 International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): a better world by design

User Introductions has been updated.
Lithosphere Group, Tokyo Branch Office, IDEA Consultants, Inc.
08/07/11 UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.08 Released.
UC-win/Road for EXODUS Released.
08/07/01 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 4" has been delivered.

Overseas Agency list has been updated.
Beijing Tepia Technology Co., Ltd (China)

UC-win/Road Q&A has been updated.
08/06/27 UC-win/Road xpswmm plug-in Ver .1.00 released.
This plug-in is available for free download..
It allows you to link UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.07 with xpswmm (rainfall-runoff analysis system)
08/06/25 UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.07 Released.
08/06/23 Overseas Agency list has been updated.
Consultancy Company of University of Civil Engineering (Vietnam)
08/06/13 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
JVEEF Japanese Vietnamese Engineers Exchange Forum
08/06/10 UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.06 Released.

UC-win/Road SDK Ver.3.03.06 Released.
08/06/05 International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
National Science Foundation / Where Discoveries Begin
08/06/04 Dealer Network News has been updated.
Up & Coming 2008 early summer Issue

Sydney Office launched.
08/06/03 Product Information has been updated.
TRL Traffic Design Software Series
08/06/02 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
CARVI 2008
Public Seminar VR : The New Dimension of Engineering

Product Information has been updated.
UC-win/Road Experience Simulator
08/05/29 The UC-win/Road drive simulator has been introduced in a movie on the DigInfo website.
"FORUM8 Co., Ltd UC-win/Road Drive Simulator"
08/05/14 Mailing List "FORUM8 Newsletter vol. 3" has been delivered.
08/05/07 User Introductions has been updated.
EAZET Sales Dept., Foundation Systems Div., Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corporation
08/04/24 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.2.01.01 Manual (PDF) has been updated.
08/04/17 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
9th UC-win/Road Conference
May 20th, 2008, Tokyo Conference Center
08/04/07 Nepoch-FORUM8 Conference 2008 Conference Proceedings has been added.
08/04/04 Product Information has been updated.
LPILE Plus v5.0 / GROUP v7.0 (3-D)
08/03/27 Dealer Network News has been updated.
Up & Coming 2008 Early Spring issue

New Product Introductions has been updated.
UC-win/FRAME (3D) Ver.3
08/03/17 Seminar Reports has been updated.
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 87th Annual Meeting
imagina 2008

New Product Introductions has been updated.
UC-win/Road for Civil 3D 2008
UC-win/Road Intersection Editing
08/03/12 UC-win/Road Support System Web Estimate Service now available.
08/03/11 FORUM 8 Distributor Recruitment Form has been updated.
08/03/05 Seminar Reports has been updated.
The 6th 3D VR Simulation Contest Report
Indiga ITPI -Workshop Report-

New Product Introductions has been updated.
UC-win/Road for EXODUS
UC-win/Road Relevant Tools

Pile Analysis Program 'LPILE' and 'GROUP(3D)' has been updated.
08/03/03 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
Vietnam VR seminar
08/02/28 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
Nepoch-FORUM8 Conference 2008 at Tongji University
08/02/15 Company Profile has been updated.
08/02/14 UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.03 Trial version Download has been updated.
08/02/06 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
The 9th DIA (Dynamic Image processing for real Applications) utilization workshop 2008
07/12/25 The Schedule of Contests and Conferences in 2008 has been posted on the FORUM8 event information page.

 -9th UC-win/Road Conference Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
 -2nd FORUM8 Design Conference Friday, September 19th, 2008
 -7th "3DVR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" Thursday, November 20th, 2008
 -2nd International VR Symposium Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
07/12/21 The winners of the 6th "3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" have been posted on vr.forum8.jp (the UC-win/Road site) and the UC-win/Road Video Gallery.
07/12/19 Support / Service product information
UC-win/Road for V-CPM (Virtual Construction Project Management System)

Seminar Reports has been updated.
ITS World Conference 2007 in Beijing
The 1st FORUM8 Design Conference Report

New Product Introductions has been updated.
GeoFEAS 3D
07/12/06 Dealer Network News has been updated.
Up & Coming '07 Late Fall issue

UC-win/Road Shape File Plug-in has been updated.

Overseas Office Introduction has been added.
07/11/28 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
Institute of Town Planners, India
07/11/27 Publication of screen captures from the 6th "3D/VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" prize winners.
07/11/26 The 6th "3D/VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" Result Announcement
Prize winner summary

GRAND PRIX
- "Ishikawa-cho Junction Simulation" by the Metropolitan Highway Company, Kanagawa Bureau
EXCELLENCE AWARD
- "SMARTWAY 2007 VR Simulation" by the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport / Highway Industry Development Organization
07/11/20 UC-win/Road Q&A has been updated.
07/11/16 Seminar fair information has been updated.
Indian Roads Congress

User Introduction has been updated.
Highways & Bridge Dept., Transportation Engineering Division, Overseas Consulting Administration, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) SR16 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project
07/11/13 The 6th "3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road" Nominations Announcement!
A total of 14 works have been nominated by members of the selection committee.
The top 14 works have been selected for nomination. (8 works from Japan, 6 works from Overseas)
Members of the selection committee:
Mr. Hiroo Kasagi, NPO Chiiki Zukuri Kobo (Community Improvement Studio)
Mr. Fumio Seki, Taisei Corporation
Mr. Shinsuke Kitagawa, Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd,

07/10/12 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
6th 3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road
The 1st International VR Symposium
07/10/02 User Introductions has been updated.
Shanghai Urban Construction Design & Research Institute
07/09/20 Events has been updated.
The 14th ITS World Conference Beijing 2007
October 10-13, 2007, Beijing Exhibition Center
12th IACMAG
October 1-6, 2008, Goa Marriott Resort
07/09/19 User Introductions has been updated.
Dept. of Information Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)

Seminar Reports has been updated.
SIGGRAPH 2007 Report

Dealer Network News has been updated.
Up & Coming '07 Fall issue
07/08/29 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.2 International Ver.2.01.01 Release.
07/08/22 Dealer Network News has been updated.
Up & Coming '07 early summer issue
Up & Coming '07 Midsummer issue
07/08/15 Dynamic Effective Stress Analysis For Ground (UWLC) product page has been updated.
Conference Paper
[ SIMULATION OF SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF GRAVITY QUAY WALL USING A GENERALIZED PLASTICITY MODEL ]
(PDF,531KB)
4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (June 25-28, 2007, GREECE)
Presentation slides (PDF,1,163KB)
Sample movies transformation diagram (AVI 2,245KB) Excessive pore water pressure (AVI 9,839KB)
07/08/06 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
UC-win/UC-1 User Conference
07/07/26 UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.01 Trial version Download has been updated.
07/07/10 International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) - Research and Innovative Technology Administration
07/06/08 UC-win/Road Web Viewer Ver.1.02.20 Release.
07/06/05 Frequently Asked Questions are here.
Please refer to them if you have any questions.
07/05/28 UC-win/Road Drive Simulator product information has been updated.
Rental fees for the UC-win/Road Drive Simulator have been published.
07/05/22 UC-win/Road Web Viewer - English Ver.1.02.00 Release.
1. Support for UC-win/Road 3.2 SP1 data
2. Addition of a function to display the landscape position to another window
3. Support for in-car navigation screen
4. Manual driving function
5. Addition of Road data (FORUM8 office simulations)

 (1) Tokyo head office
 (2) Osaka branch office
 (3) Miyazaki branch office
 (4) Fukuoka business office
 (5) Nagoya office
 (6) Sendai business office
 (7) NEPOCH & FORUM8 Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Events has been updated.
INTERFLAM 2007
September 3rd (Monday) to 5th (Wednesday), 2007, University of London, England
07/05/15 User Introductions has been updated.
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Gunma University

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
America's Byways®: National Scenic Byways Online
07/05/14 UC-win/Road Ver.3.02.20 Trial version Download has been updated.
07/05/01 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
8th UC-win/Road Conference
07/04/12 We started a business to support users in China 腦吟・the Forum 8 Chinese support center (NEPOCH & FORUM 8 Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.).
07/03/15 Dealer Network News has been updated.
Up & Coming '07 New Year Special issue
Up & Coming '07 Early Spring issue
07/03/14 Seminar Reports has been updated.
5th 3D VR simulation contest report
07/03/08 User Introductions has been updated.
Kanagawa Construction Bureau, Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
The Federal Highway Administration
07/02/06 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
IETF 2007 International Engineering & Technology Fair
February 13th (Tuesday) to 16th (Friday), 2007, New Delhi, India
07/01/30 We released the UC-win/Road Video Tutorial.
The video tutorial is the operations guide for UC-win/Road recorded as a video. This explains easily, with animation and sound, the operating methods relevant to data creation and simulation.
07/01/10 User Introductions has been updated.
Transportation System Lab., Dept. of Transportation Engineering & Socio-Technology, College of Science & Technology, Nihon University

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System / Federal Highway Administration
06/12/27 Geotechnical Finite element Elastoplastic Analysis Software (GeoFEAS)2D Ver.1.00.00 Release.
06/12/21 5th 3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road award winners were published at vr.forum8.jp (UC-win/Road Site) and at the UC-win/Road video gallery.
06/12/11 Overseas Agency list has been updated.
- Liaoning Darong Information Technology Co., Ltd (China)
- JGR Computers & CADD Center (Philippines)
06/11/28 5th 3D VR SIMULATION CONTEST by UC-win/Road award winners have been announced.
06/11/16 5th 3D VR SIMULATION CONTEST by UC-win/Road award winners have been announced.
06/10/31 User Introductions has been updated.
NEWJEC Inc.
06/10/26 International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
National Steel Bridge Alliance
06/10/19 Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
5th 3D VR Simulation Contest by UC-win/Road
27-Nov-06, Tokyo Conference Center
06/09/28 UC-win/Road Ver.3.02.00 Trial version Download has been updated.
06/09/01 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Products page has been updated.
06/08/30 User Introductions has been updated.
Nishitetsu C. E. Consultant Co., Ltd

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
AASHTO - The Voice of Transportation
06/06/15 Overseas Agency list has been updated.
- Solutions Research Centre Ltd (China)
- Genesis Group (China)
- VR CAM Technologies Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
- Advance ConTech Pte Ltd (Singapore)
- Ensoft, Inc. (USA)
06/06/02 FORUM8 and New Zealand's Gabites Porter came to a mutual agreement for the supply and sales of software.

Overseas Agency list has been updated.
 - Gabites Porter (New Zealand)
06/04/07 User Introductions has been updated.
Daido Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering & Environmental Design

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. (AISC)
06/03/29 Overseas Agency list has been updated.
 - Dalian Sunshine Information Technology Development Co., Ltd.(China)
 - Dalian Brand Electronics Co., Ltd.(China)
06/03/28 Dynamic effective stress analysis for ground (UWLC) Ver.1.00.00 Release.
06/03/14 We have posted the UC-win/Road Ver. 3 Introduction Movie on the product information page for UC-win/Road on the international website.
You can find out about the birth of Road and 3D VR as well as see case examples of VR simulation in a variety of languages.

We have released theUC-win/Road Ver. 3.1 Web Viewer (English version).
You can download and view sample data from various projects on the web.

Seminar / Fair Information has been updated.
GeoShanghai
June 6-8, 2006  Shanghai International Convention Center
06/02/17 Overseas Agency list has been updated.
 - itech (France)
06/01/27 UC-win/Road product information page has been updated.

UC-win/Road Support System
06/01/18 User Introductions has been updated.

International Civil Engineering IT News has been updated.
06/01/01 The New Year Greetings

Seminar Reports has been updated.
The 4th 3D VR Simulation Contest Report

ROADEX 2006 Abu Dhabi
March 12-15 2006 An exhibition dedicated to roads, tunnels and bridges.

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