NXT BLD conference London - recorded talks

NXT BLD (Next Build) is a future-looking conference and exhibition which explores emerging technology for the built environment beyond BIM. Topics include digital fabrication, artificial intelligence, robots, generative design, VR, reality modeling, and lots more. 

NXT BLD 2019 took place in London on June 11, with a great set of speakers. Many of them Rhino/Grasshopper users.

If you missed the event, you can register now (scroll the page down) to watch all recorded sessions.

Marine Design & Engineering Meeting Barcelona - May 8, 2019

Rhino “Marine Design & Engineering” Meeting

Facultat de Nàutica Barcelona

May 8, 2019

As a naval architect, engineer, yacht designer, 3D modeler or software developer, this is a unique event you cannot miss: A collaboration between McNeel, Facultat de Nàutica UPC, and Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos.

In Barcelona, at the historic Facultat de Náutica at Pla de Palau, international industry experts will present their latest projects and their state-of-the-art CAD/CAM/CAE/VR toolsets.

Keynote speakers include Steve Baer (Robert McNeel & Associates), Menno Deij - van Rijswijk (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands - MARIN), Iuliu Prepelita (Seanaptic Ltd.), Liam Woolley (Pivot / Goldfish), Gerard Petersen (RhinoCentre NL), Stéphane DARDEL (NDAR / Orca3D / ExpressMarine), Matthieu Arnold (Ship-ST), Ramón Cárceles (VisualARQ by Asuni), Dariusz Sawicki (Prometso), Javi Ferrín and Adriá Fradera (De Antonio Yachts).

Get hands-on with live software demonstrations from solution providers in hull design and fairing, parametric engineering, CFD, piping, virtual and augmented reality, visualization, product configurators, and much more. 

Confirmed exhibitors are icreatia, Mindesk, NDAR, Seanaptic Ltd UK, ShapeDiver, Ship-ST, VARJO, Orca3D, ExpressMarine, Packhunt.io, Maverick Render and VisualARQ.

Meet the McNeel staff and learn more about the new functionalities in Rhino WIP (SubD, Cycles, QuadMesh, Voxels) and Rhino's royalty-free developer tools, Frameworks and Ecosystem (RhinoCommon, Rhino.Inside, Rhino Compute, RhinoVR, YAK, Grasshopper, food4Rhino).

Early Bird tickets until April 15. Register now!



* Want to be a speaker or an exhibitor? Contact carlos@mcneel.com.

UK AR/VR/Grasshopper User Group Meeting report

The UK AR/VR/Grasshopper User Group Meeting took place on Thursday, February 21, 2019, at Grimshaw offices in London.

There were five presentations, and SimplyRhino UK has been kind enough to share a report:

• Georgios Tsakiridis | Grimshaw | How does VR make a difference in the design process?
• Lyudmil Vanev | Chaos Group | V-Ray Next for Rhino
• Long Nguyen | Research Associate at the University of Stuttgart | C# Scripting and Plugin development for Rhino
• Jonathan Rabagliati | Foster + Partners | The Bloomberg Ramp
• Gwyllim Jahn | Fologram | Making in Mixed Reality

Read the User Group Meeting report...

Next meeting: The second Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting of 2019 will be at Arup’s Manchester office, on Thursday, April 4. Details here.

Grasshopper & AR/VR for Rhino User Group Meeting in London

Grasshopper & AR/VR for Rhino User Group Meeting in London

For the first User Group Meeting of 2019 (by SimplyRhino UK) we are combining our usual Grasshopper UGM with our VR/AR user group.

The group is for those interested in meeting to network, discuss, and explore Grasshopper and virtual and augmented reality solutions for Rhino.

The meetings follow a simple format of at least one presentation from a customer with experience in this field, followed by group discussion and informal pleasantries.

Confirmed presenters are Grimshaw and Fologram.

Details

Thursday, February 21, 2019
18:30 – 20:30
Grimshaw, 57 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5NG (See the map)

Complete details and registration...

Fologram workshop in London (UK)

Fologram - Building augmented reality apps in Rhino and Grasshopper

3-Day Fologram Workshop taking place February 19-21, 2019, at Grimshaw in London

Fologram is an intuitive toolkit for designers to build interactive augmented reality applications for mobile phones and head-mounted displays (such as Microsoft’s HoloLens) within Rhino and Grasshopper.

This 3-day workshop will demonstrate tools and workflow to:

• Create shared augmented reality experiences to visualize designs in context and at scale
• Work with sensor data (tracked positions, hands, clicks and scans) to interact with parametric models using natural gestures and motion
• Experience and interact with the existing ecosystem of Grasshopper plugins (such as physics simulations, robotic controllers, environmental and structural analysis) in augmented reality
• Augment parts and tools with holographic overlays using QR codes and positionally tracked markers
• Digitize physical spaces and models using HoloLens scan data and tracker markers
• Generate fabrication and assembly instructions from design models
• Develop augmented reality design and fabrication experiences that can provide intelligent and contextual feedback to assist with difficult or complex tasks
• Work from holographic instructions to fabricate complex large scale architectural installations

Complete info and registration...

4th AR & VR with Rhino UGM at Bryden Wood (London, UK)

4th AR & VR with Rhino User Group Meeting 

Bryden Wood (London, UK)

September 20, 2018

This is the fourth meeting of the AR/VR for Rhino User Group organized by SimplyRhino UK.

The group is for those interested in meeting to network, discuss, and explore virtual and augmented reality solutions for Rhino.

The meetings follow a simple format of at least one presentation from a customer with experience in this field, followed by group discussion and informal pleasantries.

Details

• Thursday, September 20, 2018
• 18:30 – 20:30
• Bryden Wood – 100 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1x 8AL (See map)

Presenters

• Bryden Wood: 
  The Creative Technology team of Bryden Wood is a new digital group of computational designers working on advanced approaches to digital design.
• Robert McNeel & Associates – RhinoVR: VR Tools inside Rhino 6 presented by Andy Le Bihan. McNeel (the developers of Rhino) has been working on some VR tools within Rhino 6 for Windows. The resulting plugin is called RhinoVR.  Although this is an on-going project, there are some very interesting tools here for everyone interested in using Rhino as a VR platform.

Complete info and registration...

Also, check the notes from the last AR/VR for Rhino UGM which took place at AKT II... 

Designing Interactive Holographic Environments in Grasshopper

Last week, McNeel Europe hosted a Fologram workshop with attendees from all over Europe. Participants worked on how to create holographic environments using Hololenses and Grasshopper.

Thanks to Gwyll, Cam, Nick, and all the participants for this awesome mixed-reality experience!!!

AR/VR with Rhino User Group Meeting (London) report

The first VR/AR for Rhino User Group Meeting took place at Softroom (London, UK) on October 10, 2017.

SimplyRhino UK has been kind enough to write an extensive report. Read it here!

AR/VR for Rhino User Group Meeting in London - Feb 22

SimplyRhino UK is proud to announce the second meeting of the AR/VR for Rhino User Group.

The group is for those who are interested in meeting to network, discuss and explore virtual and augmented reality solutions for Rhino.

The meetings follow a simple format of at least one presentation from a customer with experience in this field, followed by group discussion and informal pleasantries.

Details

Thursday, February 22, 2018
18:30 – 20:30
Heatherwick Studio, 356-364 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8BH

Complete info and registration...

Designing​ ​Interactive​ ​Holographic​ ​Environments​ ​in​ ​Grasshopper Training

Designing Interactive Holographic Environments in Grasshopper Training 

by Gwyllim Jahn and Cameron Newnham (Fologram)

April 9-11, 2018

10.00h-18.00h

McNeel Europe

Roger de Flor, 32-34 bajos

08018 Barcelona (Spain)

McNeel welcomes Gwyllim Jahn and Cameron Newnham, cofounders of Fologram, for a 3-day Augmented Reality Workshop for Rhino and Grasshopper users at McNeel Europe in Barcelona. 

With augmented reality (AR) environments designers visualize 3D models within physical environments and at scale. This training introduces new tools and workflows for 3D models to be dynamic, to leverage headset data (position and orientation, gaze, and gesture) and to build new applications directly within Grasshopper.

Participants will form teams and collaborate closely with workshop leaders to develop projects with immediate use cases and based on one of the following themes:

• Proximity feedback for measurement and interaction  
• Responsive environments  
• Interactive holographic modeling  
• Interactive design markup
• Interactive simulation and analysis

Participants will build prototypical projects with immediate use cases in industry and gain confidence in developing further applications for mixed reality environments. All participants will work directly with Microsoft Hololens headsets through all phases of the workshop.

Day 1 (AR Visualization)

• Introduction
• Use of holographic software to stream CAD models to the HoloLens 
• Generative design approaches and holographic models using Rhino, Grasshopper, and custom plugins
• Group work with brief presentations: Production of digital prototypes and test on mixed reality headsets, revise digital design in response

Day 2

• Working with 3D scan data
• Working with visual tracking models for 6dof object interaction
• Parametric schematics for interactivity (capturing gestures and building event-based models)
• Project development

Day 3

• Supervised personal project development
• Discussion and feedback

Course Fee: EUR 795 (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers (proof of status required) will get a 50% discount. Your seat is only confirmed once payment has been cleared. 

Max. Number of Participants: 10 participants. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before. 

Language: English 

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe here!