The 2004 3D Festival and Architecture Visualisation Conference in Copenhagen is now over. Over the course of two days a number of presenters from all over the world attracted a good crowd of students and professionals from Europe and overseas.

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AVC PRESENTATIONS

On Tuesday May 4 th Kim took part in a short panel discussion chaired by Jeff Mottle from CGArchitect.com . The panel consisted of Eric Hanson from Digital Domain, Alex Morris from Hayes Davidson and Knut Ramstad from Selvaag BlueThink in addition to Baumann Larsen. The topic for Jeff's presentation was “The Future of Architecture Visualization”, and Kim was asked to speculate on the possible future benefits for designers and clients using real-time visualisation in architecture visualisation.

Following Jeff's presentation, Baumann Larsen presented on real-time architecture visualisation demonstrating the process behind the creation of the Lightscape + 3d Studio MAX real-time model of the Ringerike Hospital, somatic ward. This model was running in Octaga's Octagon Player. He also presented the real-time Nykredit model done by Thomas Suurland of First Eye, modeled in 3d Studio MAX and running on the VisuAll engine by Digital Arts.

PANEL

On Wednesday May 5 th the panel on “Real-time architecture visualization using game technology” was chaired by Baumann Larsen and included panelists Knut Ramstad from Selvaag BlueThink, Ola Ødegård from Octaga and Thomas Rued from Digital Arts. The panel discussed real-time architecture visualisation issues concerning three main topics: 1) visualisation – the challenges of properly representing the visual qualities of architecture, 2) interactivity – the many possible interactive features that real-time can afford both the end-user and designer and 3) content creation – the tools at hand to make real-time architecture models and possible improvements on these to facilitate the real-time model creation process.

ABOUT AVC

The Architectural Visualization Conference, part of the 3D Festival, is Europe's leading meeting place for architects, designers and professionals working in the field of architectural visualization. CEO of PLACEBO EFFECTS, Kim Baumann Larsen , is a member of the executive committee that made the 2004 Architecture Visualisation Conference and the 3D Festival happening.

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URL

The Nykredit real-time demo executable can be downloaded at:
http://www.digitalarts.dk/

The Octaga Player software can be downloaded at:
http://www.octaga.com/

For more coverage on the 3D Festival and Architecture Visualisation Conference, see
www.CGnetworks.com
http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=2076&page=4