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Hollywood Without the Travel: Building Virtual History with Digital Twins, SCAPEs, and Prop Scans
When Fox Nation’s Revolutionary War docuseries called for A-list performances in historic American locations, GO delivered the future. Instead of flying talent across the country, GO recreated the Boston Tea Party and Mount Vernon as immersive SCAPEs using LiDAR, NeRF, and photogrammetry. In this panel, we’ll break down how GO brought Rob Lowe to a virtual Boston Harbor and Kelsey Grammer to a digital Mount Vernon—without ever leaving LA. From sustainability and cost-savings to creative flexibility, this is a case study in digital twin production, Autodesk integration, and the new blueprint for high-end, low-impact filmmaking.
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
How AI is transforming your business and your job

AI is transforming the AEC industry by eliminating tedious processes and boosting productivity. In this talk, we will explore AI solutions across Planning, Design, Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Administration. We'll cover the fundamentals of AI including Training, Fine Tuning, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Inference, Generative AI, Data Science, and Radiance Fields. Finally, we will examine how these technologies can support Sustainable Design goals in Datacenter design.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Design to Delivery—Faster with the Right AI

In an era where speed, quality, and innovation define success, using AI in design and construction workflows is no longer optional—it's essential. This session, Design to Delivery—Faster with the Right AI, shows how tools like Chaos’ Enscape, Veras and Glyph work in concert with Autodesk Revit and Forma to accelerate ideation, visualization, and construction documentation. Drawing from industry wide findings about where early adopters see the biggest benefits from AI, attendees will learn the best AI applications from the first interview, through design, and into construction documentation. The speakers know not all AI is equal, and will show the audience how to evaluate AI tools through the lens of quality, security, and intellectual property protection. By the end of this class you'll be able to use the right AI capability, at the right time, to boost creativity, improve quality, and shorten project timelines.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Turning Generated Models into Production-Ready Content with 3ds Max
Generative model data—such as photogrammetry and generative artificial intelligence (gen AI)—is becoming more and more pervasive in our daily work as we visualize experiences for our customers. While this generative content might look okay at first glance, upon further inspection we see that it’s far from being production ready. So, how do we turn it into something that we can use? Using 3ds Max software, we’ll cover various tools and functionality that can easily clean up and improve this data so you can use it as a positive force multiplier in your productions.
44p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Selling the Luxury Market One Building at a Time
Join us for an insightful session with Gonzalo Navarro, exploring strategies for selling the most-luxurious projects worldwide. Drawing from ARX Creative’s expertise in architectural visualization, this talk will delve into how photorealistic renderings, immersive animations, and tailored storytelling can elevate luxury real estate marketing. Learn how to captivate high-end buyers by showcasing properties with precision and creativity, one visionary project at a time.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Unraveling 3D into UVs
UVs are an essential part of the content production puzzle that enables you to map bitmap images to your 3D models. But what exactly are they? Why do you need them? And most importantly, how can you gain the confidence to manipulate or even create them yourself? In this casual session, we will demystify the UV workflow. We’ll break down what they are and how UVs are used in production today, and we’ll discuss various methods found within 3ds Max software that you can use and succeed with when you need to modify or create your own custom UV data for your 3D polygon models in your own work.
38p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Inside the Virtual White House: Designing an Immersive Historical Experience
How do you turn one of the most recognized buildings in the United States into an immersive digital experience? This case study will present the development behind an innovative immersive installation created in partnership with Cortina Productions and the White House Historical Association. Using real-time rendering and radar touch technology, a rectangular exhibition space was transformed into multiple rooms of the White House in The People’s House. We’ll walk through the project’s inception, from the 3D scanning of artifacts to the resolution of visual discrepancies between digital architecture and the physical limitations. A central challenge of the project was translating the rooms—each with unique dimensions and architectural features—into a single rectangular physical space, without sacrificing immersion. The talk will cover strategies for preserving historical accuracy while working efficiently, including the challenges of scale, optimization, material research, and accessibility.
Panel / San Diego 2024
Breaking Barriers: A Meetup on Diversity in Games
Join us for an epic digital panel dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the gaming industry. This event unites game developers, designers, storytellers, and enthusiasts to tackle the challenges and unlock the opportunities to create a more inclusive gaming landscape. Power up your network by connecting with industry leaders, dive into an insightful panel discussion, and level up your strategies for breaking down barriers and championing representation in games. Whether you're a veteran player or a newbie to the field, this digital panel is your ultimate chance to connect, learn, and contribute to a more inclusive future in gaming.
Panel / San Diego 2024
Code Queens and Data Divas: Women Leading the AI Revolution

In a world increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the voices and perspectives of women are critical to shaping its responsible and effective development. This panel discussion will bring together a diverse group of women who are leading the charge in AI. They'll share their unique perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents, with a focus on its impact across various industries and disciplines. They will also discuss the initiatives they're championing to foster greater diversity and inclusion within the field. This discussion will highlight the importance of empathy, creativity, and critical thinking in shaping AI for good. Join this lively discussion and gain valuable insights from these trailblazing women in AI.

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4p
Panel / San Diego 2024
OpenUSD: The Path to Interoperability in VFX and Beyond
Hear from a panel of technical visionaries as they explore the role of Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) in fostering open data exchange—not just in media and entertainment, but across industries. From traditional filmmaking to virtual production, architecture, engineering, construction, automotive, and manufacturing, our team of experts will explore how USD opens the door for seamless connectivity and collaboration across large-scale 3D projects of all kinds. 
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Advancing Boolean Workflows for Media and Entertainment Projects
Booleans are a foundational part of content creation, yet it was frowned upon to use traditional polygon booleans in media and entertainment projects. To solve this problem, Autodesk rebuilt their booleans from the ground up within 3ds Max software, creating a new, powerful, and trusted solution in the Boolean Modifier that unlocks exciting new workflows and capabilities. In this session, you'll learn about how and why this new system was created for 3ds Max, which benefits it provides, and how you can use it to its maximum potential in your own work to create amazing content for film and TV, games, XR, or 3D printing projects.
3p
52p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Immersive Visualization Streamlined in Bid and Proposal Work Using Autodesk Flow PTR
Arcadis is a global architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and infrastructure player with engineering teams working closely with visualization teams in Australia, Manila, Canada, and Romania. Since early 2019, Arcadis has provided traditional client-requested visualizations. As a leading AEC company and Autodesk Partner, Arcadis wanted to enhance its visualization capabilities through a new digital workflow integrating immersive worlds and mixed reality in its mobility business. The convergence of media and entertainment with the AEC industry through technology marks a transformative shift in both sectors. Traditionally distinct, these industries are increasingly finding common ground as they harness the power of advanced technologies to collaborate and innovate, and Autodesk is at the forefront of merging this technology to continue to deliver innovation to customers. This convergence continues to evolve and promise to redefine traditional boundaries and pave the way for innovation between these two industries.
9p
37p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
A Paradigm Shift in Building Operations : Digital Twin with BIM and AI-based Data Analytics
SAMSUNG C&T uses digital twins to optimize building operations. We have developed a digital twin with BIM and AI in an office building with a total floor area of 100,000 square meters, and we are utilizing it to operate the building. The basic functions are the Energy/Asset/Space Management, and Virtual Tours. In particular, the energy management function monitors building energy usage in real time. And we have developed 10 solutions for energy management that can save energy while maintaining the comfort of occupants in the building. These solutions are derived through AI-based machine learning models and optimization algorithms to provide real-time notifications to building operators for sustainable and optimized building energy management. Therefore, SAMSUNG C&T aims to provide efficient building operation and management services by simultaneously implementing digital spaces, going beyond the role of a construction company that constructs physical spaces.
37p
Industry Talk / Virtual 2020
The swift turn the world made us take.
An insight into media content creation, delivery and resilience. How for years we have been scratching the surface of hybrid rendering CPU/GPU and how we have been forced to embrace it today. At the beginning of the year the world was turned upside down, one day we were traveling, having fun at opening ceremonies, filming interviews and at the word of “cut” we were told we had to work from home until further notice. Luckily in hindsight we were prepared to work remotely all at once, we had the right tools and the infrastructure to do so, many projects continued to move forward, some got put on hold but many new ones started to come in. Interactive web tours, Real time experiences, Real time video walls, Virtual Sales centers with 360 immersive Real time interactives and the list goes on. Lets take a look at the Software and Hardware that helped us move forward, lets talk about how we fast tracked into the future of Architectural Visualization.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
3ds Max Design Automation: Add Beautiful Renders to Your Web Site
Generally, the Design Automation API enables you to integrate an automated batch processor into a pipeline to process files in the cloud. In the Design Automation context, Revit software, AutoCAD software, and Inventor software generally work with native file formats; but in the case of 3ds Max software, the list of file formats that we can import and work with is more extensive. This traditional strength of 3ds Max—of importing and working with a huge number of file formats—opens the way for multiple workflows, including visualization. In this class, we will present an overview of some possible Design Automation rendering workflows, as well as discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each workflow. We will explore the benefits with a pros-and-cons approach, including costs (time and credits), which will help you decide the ultimate approach and benefits.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
Interoperability on a Dime
See how easily you can share data with other applications to create more value from the models that you create. Learn the various ways leading BIM (Building Information Modeling)-capable companies utilize their models. See how so much of this is quick and easy to learn.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
Fusion 360 Freeform Modeling: Tips and Tricks
In this class, the speaker will share the Fusion 360 free-form modeling tips and tricks that were used to model the Ironman Suit and the Ironman Armor: Mark XLIV—HulkBuster. The process of making these suits was presented at Autodesk University 2017 and 2018. These two models were also posted on the Fusion 360 Gallery: (https://gallery.autodesk.com/projects/110798/ironman-suit), and (https://gallery.autodesk.com/projects/120141/iron-man-armor-mark-xliv—-hulkbuster)
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
Procedural VR Environment Generation: From Games to AEC
Designing a virtual reality (VR) environment for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry depends greatly on content building groups. It leads to designing time consumption for the areas that are not the focus of AEC. Correlating with some level generator aspect of the gaming industry, the expense of environment generation could be reduced with highly varied environment design options. Using the algorithms of procedural generation and VR rendering options, a combination of human-generated assets using Maya software or 3ds Max software and algorithms can render an autogenerated and assorted range of VR environments in Revit software or related AEC tools. We will discuss a study of how procedural generated levels in a Spelunky game can be related to the VR environment generation for AEC, as well as how construction and building design can benefit from existing methodologies in the gaming industry.
Industry Talk / Virtual 2020
Visualization of Intralogistics Solutions Using Autodesk Products
Godrej Storage Solutions is the largest intralogistics solutions provider in India and in Asia abroad. It deals with projects that are unique and customized. The major output is a general arrangement drawing of the warehouse layout. Due to its complex nature, the designs are prepared in 2D layouts and reviewed by customers. This process involves multiple iterations before the customer gets a complete idea about the proposal. After many such iterations, technical sign-off happens but with the uncertainty of an error-free solution. To reduce this long cycle time and for better visibility for the customer, the Godrej design team makes 3D walk-through videos of a complete warehouse with all civil details. This helps the stakeholder to virtually visualize the full warehouse facility during the design stage itself and ensures no conceptual errors. Another aspect of the project business is that the project location and decision makers are not co-located. Hence, visualization helps them making timely and accurate decisions.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
Cinematic Story and Camera Techniques for Architectural Visualization
High-quality architectural presentations are more than just good-looking renders; your images need to tell a compelling story. This course will show you how to use 3ds Max software to create cinema-quality presentations and expertly showcase your architectural projects. The course will explain the basics of composition and visual storytelling from a filmmaker’s perspective, including such topics as storyboarding, shot selection, shot sequencing, and screen motion. We’ll then dive into camera techniques and workflow in 3ds Max, including camera selection, animation, rigging, and rendering, following through to postproduction and final output. Every building tells a story—learn how to tell the best story for your project.
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