{"id":9728,"date":"2015-03-03T16:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T00:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9728"},"modified":"2015-03-05T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T03:11:19","slug":"real-2015-where-the-sensor-meets-the-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/real-2015-where-the-sensor-meets-the-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL 2015 &#8211; Where the Sensor meets the Maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">This past week was the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.real2015.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">REAL<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u00a0conference, an event organized mainly by Autodesk to explore the convergence of the professional 3D sensing, making &amp; visualization industries.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2W7cefdDm8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><i>From the website<\/i>:<\/span><br \/>\n<a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-dKz7QCePp2g%2FVPODPhmLMXI%2FAAAAAAAABcs%2F1BDRp7R4198%2Fs1600%2FScreen%252BShot%252B2015-03-01%252Bat%252B1.20.19%252BPM.png&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dKz7QCePp2g\/VPODPhmLMXI\/AAAAAAAABcs\/1BDRp7R4198\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-03-01%2Bat%2B1.20.19%2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&#8220;REAL is both an exclusive executive summit, REAL TALK, &amp; a world\u2019s fair of cutting-edge 3D demos, REAL LIVE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>REAL is new and different: an immersive, hands-on, high-level gathering in a historic venue with a unique program.<\/p>\n<p>REAL is real people, doing real-world work with reality tech.<\/p>\n<p>REAL is Reality Computing.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">WHO<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">REAL is 500+ leaders and innovators \u2014 professionals from across industry, investing, research, and media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>REAL brings together real work spanning disciplines from:<br \/>\nArchitecture to Art,<br \/>\nEngineering to Entertainment,<br \/>\nManufacturing to Media,<br \/>\nHeritage to Health, and<br \/>\nSports to Science\u2026<br \/>\nREAL is executives &amp; engineers, developers &amp; designers, inventors &amp; investors, architects &amp; artists, makers &amp;\u00a0meteorologists<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">, surveyors &amp; scientists, entrepreneurs &amp; educators.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">WHY<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u00a0From drones to autonomous cars, industrial robots to major engineering works, and game consoles to tomorrow\u2019s mobile phones, 3D sensors are suddenly everywhere. And several decades after first grabbing headlines, VR and 3D printing are hot again, attracting billions in investment, and moving beyond early adopters to professionals. But it is the sum total, where sensing meets making, where big change is brewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the \u2018Internet of Things\u2019 grabs headlines, a 3D revolution is quietly building.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OCBgdl8mEz0\/VPOeOWWp7kI\/AAAAAAAABe8\/CM_hbbKV1G8\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_153235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OCBgdl8mEz0\/VPOeOWWp7kI\/AAAAAAAABe8\/CM_hbbKV1G8\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_153235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although I only was there for one day, this was quite the event and I rank it among the best I have ever attended. Yes it had cool exhibitors and great speakers, but my high marks come from it bringing together communities that normally don&#8217;t mix, even though they are complementary and or share technologies. Most parts of the &#8216;3D life cycle&#8217; were present.<br \/>\n<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-pFkGSkK2juc\/VPOWBq5VBFI\/AAAAAAAABek\/H9VsWNFTun4\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_143406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-pFkGSkK2juc\/VPOWBq5VBFI\/AAAAAAAABek\/H9VsWNFTun4\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_143406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autodesk pretty much owns the 3D modeling tools space, so 3D creation from that standpoint was in the house if not directly represented on the expo floor. Most, if not all, of the 3D creation was from scanning and capture technologies and companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leica-geosystems.us\/en\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Leica<\/a>, Matterport, Occipital, and Floored.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-w669LWaj6M4\/VPOVzHrkYBI\/AAAAAAAABdA\/mq_4EXfK_oQ\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_141854.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-w669LWaj6M4\/VPOVzHrkYBI\/AAAAAAAABdA\/mq_4EXfK_oQ\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_141854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nvK5IUdO2Bs\/VPOWCa98mjI\/AAAAAAAABes\/rCOAQJi_U_I\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_151052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nvK5IUdO2Bs\/VPOWCa98mjI\/AAAAAAAABes\/rCOAQJi_U_I\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_151052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Companies like Arup and Autodesk showed off interactive 3D and VR applications whi<\/span>l<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">e immersive technology companies including IrisVR and Metaio dazzled folks with virtual and augmented reality demos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TjQUFU86y4I\/VPOV0SGu6JI\/AAAAAAAABdQ\/9_uuSfj1P58\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TjQUFU86y4I\/VPOV0SGu6JI\/AAAAAAAABdQ\/9_uuSfj1P58\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"background-color: transparent; clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5WJ-UY9QV2s\/VPOV19rPJRI\/AAAAAAAABdc\/sbCso5SmC_4\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5WJ-UY9QV2s\/VPOV19rPJRI\/AAAAAAAABdc\/sbCso5SmC_4\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">A little light on the &#8216;Make&#8217; side, the event did sh<\/span>o<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">wcase s<\/span>o<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">me digital fabrication art installations with Fathom and a few other companies demonstrating how 3D and scanned data can be used for digital fabrication (mainly 3D printing).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zy832IpHkMY\/VPOWANe3rVI\/AAAAAAAABeQ\/orEcZ12BjYY\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zy832IpHkMY\/VPOWANe3rVI\/AAAAAAAABeQ\/orEcZ12BjYY\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4Lp6eOXIJnA\/VPOV6zyyQSI\/AAAAAAAABd8\/LVGc39uPvzw\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4Lp6eOXIJnA\/VPOV6zyyQSI\/AAAAAAAABd8\/LVGc39uPvzw\/s1600\/IMG_20150226_142321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topping things off on the last day, Matt Sonic and the San Francisco Virtual Reality Meetup group had their\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\">eighth<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: inherit;\">\u00a0meeting at the close of the REAL event that included thought provoking presentations and\u00a0VR devs showing off some VR demos (unfortunately none related to the theme of the conference).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">This event was a great #1 and I can&#8217;t wait to participate in the whole event next year to see what 3D technologies they invite next. 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