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clrmoney
10/21/2016 10:41:16 AM
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Virtual for automobiles etc.
This is nothing new in a way because some things are kind of virtual for cars in general that can make things much easier so this is great.
afwriter
10/21/2016 5:14:48 PM
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Re: Virtual for automobiles etc.
Super cool, this reminds me of Tony Stark puling up screens in his lab out of thin air and moving elements of the iron man suit around.
dcawrey
10/24/2016 2:03:49 PM
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Re: Virtual for automobiles etc.
Interesting use case. I think the applications for virtual reality will be strictly for commercial and engineering use cases over the next few years. The consumer's ability to spend a lot of time within immersive worlds is still up in the air.
vnewman
10/24/2016 5:06:28 PM
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Re: Virtual for automobiles etc.
As a long time Land Rover owner - I'm not surprised to see them embracing this type of technology and harness for a not-so-obvious use. When I saw the Evoque I was wondering how they would achieve what is a dramatically different design but still with a "Range Rover" look. This explains a great deal. I'm curious to know how close to reality the VR is with regard to the actual ride. Until I drove one, I wasn't sold, now I get it. I wonder if the same will come across through VR.
elizabethv
10/25/2016 4:44:32 PM
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@dcawrey - I think you're right. I think even more than time, most consumers are concerned about investing the money in VR right now. But if it works for businesses and engineering purproses, it might just have a shot. I think I even suggested in a previous thread the possibility of using it in classrooms. Maybe a science classroom where kids have to "disect" an animal. I could see real value in them disecting a virtual animal over a real one.
faryl
10/25/2016 10:53:06 PM
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Consumer use (beyond entertainment) sure would be cool though!
I could see the healthcare and education sectors taking advantage of VR in the consumer setting. Learning first aid/CPR, exposure therapy for phobias, having kids "go" somewhere for homework...
elizabethv
10/26/2016 5:04:54 PM
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Re: Virtual for automobiles etc.
@faryl - CPR/First Aid would be a great idea! You could put people into scenarios that are far more realistic. Yesterday I saw a roll over accident, actually witnessed it happen and was one of the first people to pull over. I've been trained in first aid and CPR for almost two decades now (continually having my certification renewed) but I have never truly used it in a real life scenario. Even yesterday, where it might have come in handy (firemen arrived on the scene within minutes, the person was trapped in the car) I was hesitant just because while I have the book knowledge, my real life experience is so lacking I doubt my abilities. Sure I've performed CPR on the dummies countless times. But actually doing it on a person, in an emergency situation, that is a completely different story.I think it would also be good to have some kind of VR training because you can assess what people might panic in a real life emergency and not actually be able to perform the duties they have been trained to do. I know over the summer a man drowned in a wave pool while life guards sat and watched. Life guards are typically teenagers and while they might have good intentions, if they have never been exposed to a real life emergency, it's not at all unheard of for them to panic rather than help.
JohnBarnes
10/21/2016 11:19:38 PM
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How designers like to work
afwriter has called it right on the nose. Perfectly responsive tools with perfect memory -- what a great use for VR!
This is going to revolutionize a lot more that automobiles. Wait till the fashion desigers get their hands on this -- take an image of a model and the specs of fabric, shape and drape by waving your hands, put the seams where they belong by pointing, patterns (for automatic manufacturing) ready to go in minutes -- real couture that you'd be able to buy and wear like pret a porter. (And eventually accessible to pretty much the whole middle class, not just the billionaires!)
Ariella
10/22/2016 10:41:02 PM
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@JohnBarnes that would be a great way to customize clothes in an efficient way. It can also work for shoes, accessories, and furniture.
JohnBarnes
10/22/2016 11:05:33 PM
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Ariella,
Oh, very definitely. If 19th century production was about replacing people and animals with machines, and 20th century production about mass production, I really do think the 21s is going to be about massive cheap custom production. Just as in 1950 terms like font, gutter, kerning etc. were exotic bits of printer art, but by 2000 every office clerk and high school student had to know about them ... the basic principles of design are about to be for everybody. Besides not skipping English comp, tell any budding engineers you know to get some design courses in!
Ariella
10/22/2016 11:06:55 PM
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LOL @JohnBarnes I appreciate the not skipping English comp part! I have experience teaching just that to engineering students at NJIT.
JohnBarnes
10/22/2016 11:40:59 PM
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Ariella,
Yep. Poor old engineers. The people who really understand how things actually work are gradually taking over the world, because they have to, just as Veblen predicted. But contra Veblen, if you're going to run humanity, you need the traditional humanities. So all those poor folks that thought they could avoid art, literature, writing, history, philosophy, and esthetics by going into STEM have now worked themselves into a position where they desperately need all that humanities stuff to do their jobs.
The universe is a tricky son of a gun -- as they'd know if they paid attention in humanities class!
Good on you for teaching comp, by the way. I've done that myself. I think it's like the jury duty or the military service of the academic world; when it's got to be done, it's got to be done, and everyone needs to shoulder up and do it.
Ariella
10/23/2016 12:18:04 PM
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Re: How designers like to work
<it's like the jury duty > @JohnBarnes that is a fitting way to see it, especially in light of the fact that -- like jury duty-- people tend to dread it and prefer to avoid it. That's why it usually falls to adjuncts rather than full-timers. Now that my own kids are in college, though, I see that the comp instructors are teaching everything but comp. One just wrote an A+ on my daughter's paper and didn't comment or mark up anything. Even my daughter knows that she made formatting errors, and even if the instructor thought that the content matters more, she could have at least identified both the errors and what the storng points of the paper were. Instead, it looks like she just didn't want to deal and knows that no student is going to argue about a paper that got an A+. The problem is that no one is teaching today's students the nitty gritty parts of composition -- even in Freshman Comp. That explains how so many can graduate even on the MA level without knowing the basics of writing.
freehe
10/29/2016 6:16:21 PM
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@JohnBarnes, great points. LOL! Wise people always said employees should be well-rounded.
freehe
10/29/2016 6:26:37 PM
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Land Rover VR
A major shift has occurred. The automobile sector has now moved into the IT industry using video technology to advertise to consumers and to design automobiles and solve space problems.
It is great the VR was used to solve design and space problems and help the company prevent a manufacture recall. VR has allowed Land Rover to maintain its brand, style and features that consumers love while streamlining the appearance of the vehicle.
freehe
10/29/2016 6:26:58 PM
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Land Rover Boosted by VR Technology
This is exciting that Land Rover has plans to develop a virtual version of their factory floor to optimize manufacturing processes. If all automobile companies implement VR, it would reduce the number of driver injuries and deaths due to automobile malfunctions as well as manufacturer recalls.
I am not a fan of Land Rover but do like the VR feature that many automobile websites offer that lets viewers customize an automobile.
mpouraryan
10/29/2016 7:46:16 PM
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I see it as a natural evolution of the FEA Modeling pioneered by companies like MSC Software and ANSYS that have been able to be at the forefront of transformation of the Time to Market--and indeed being able to visualize the entire experience is something that is indeed fascinating to be witness to.
dlr5288
10/31/2016 7:39:02 PM
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Yes I've noticed this too! I find it very interesting and I think that the automobile industry are becoming more and more engulfed in the technology industry.
elizabethv
10/24/2016 5:10:50 AM
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I didn't expect that....
Well that was interesting, I figured they would just use VR as a way to advertise, let people "experience" driving a Land Rover without actually driving a Land Rover. But using it to make the seat fit for taller drivers, to make everything more compact in the vehicle - that's ingenious. It comes as no surprise that they are using it in every aspect of their business now.
faryl
10/25/2016 10:37:41 PM
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I like your idea about the virtual ride too!
Vr helped land rover
As I was reading this article I was surprised that be is helping land rover.
I really didn't know they had specifics such as the seat had to maintain the shape of the vehicle, and that simply lowering the seat wil ,change the compound drive field of the vehicle. To maintain all the new seat features they had to slim down everything under the seat and it was very difficult to do they said. I was very suprised that they had crazy amount of new technology in the new land rover.
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