Ford's designers are learning to create 3D cars in VR

Post by mattnewport » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 11:10 PM UTC

aphextron wrote: post #6

aetherspawn wrote: post #2

They obviously showed a lot of meticulously mated actual 3D components but those were all prepared in a CAD program. Sure, the VR sketch might be useful, but the visual part of the video is quite a lot of marketing spin when it’s not showing the abstract lines. And I’m not sure that VR is the best way to “feel” a car in this way either. A car is an extension of your body, so it’s just as important where/what your sho…

Basically any usage of VR outside of gaming right now is guaranteed to just be marketing nonsense. The hardware simply isn’t there for real world professional usage as a productivity enhancing device. Some day we’ll be there, but the current state of even the most advanced HMDs is little beyond toy prototypes at this point.

Post by tlow » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 11:15 PM UTC

RobLach wrote: post #18

nordsieck wrote: post #13

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> Basically any usage of VR outside of gaming right now is guaranteed to just be marketing nonsense. I've seen some noise about VR used to locate pipes and wires when digging. That seems pretty legit. I've also heard of VR used in conjunction with building construction, although it's less obvious to me just how useful it would be.

Both of those sound like applications for AR.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 11:34 PM UTC

vjeux wrote: post #27

aphextron wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically any usage of VR outside of gaming right now is guaranteed to just be marketing nonsense. The hardware simply isn’t there for real world professional usage as a productivity enhancing device. Some day we’ll be there, but the current state of even the most advanced HMDs is little beyond toy prototypes at this point.

Lots of people are doing some really cool art using VR headsets. Those two Facebook groups are really nice to join if you’re interested. Animations: https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtual.animation/ Paintings: https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtual.paintings/

Post by FPGAhacker » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 11:38 PM UTC

wuliwong wrote: post #17

aetherspawn wrote: post #2

They obviously showed a lot of meticulously mated actual 3D components but those were all prepared in a CAD program. Sure, the VR sketch might be useful, but the visual part of the video is quite a lot of marketing spin when it’s not showing the abstract lines. And I’m not sure that VR is the best way to “feel” a car in this way either. A car is an extension of your body, so it’s just as important where/what your sho…

>And I’m not sure that VR is the best way to “feel” a car in this way either. A car is an extension of your body, so it’s just as important where/what your shoulders, knees and legs are/feel as to what the eyes can see. Compared to looking at a flat computer screen, I would think this would certainly be a move in the right direction.

Post by syntaxing » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 11:45 PM UTC

d-sc wrote: post #22

syntaxing wrote: post #21

I design mechanical stuff for a living and I can't imagine that designing cars in VR is more efficient than CAD. There isn't any barrier right now from idea to CAD. If an engineer (or a scientist) can imagine it, an engineer will be able to design and create it digitally with current technology. I would say the current limitation is the manufacturing tools rather than the designing tools. Side note, I think the work…

Also design mechanical stuff for a living. I’ve spent multiple days over the course of the past six months creating drawings to demonstrate how a design will ‘feel’ once made. A 1:1 3d model that other stakeholders could walk into would be so much more effective.