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  Overview


Virtual Design World Cup on cloud on cloud Programming version
The 3rd Cloud Programming World Cup
-Put your programming skills of 3DVR Cloud application to the test with FORUM8's Software Development Kit (SDK)!-



Organizer : Cloud Programming World Cup Executive Committee

Judging Committee




 
Associate Prof. Tomohiro Fukuda (Head of judges and associate professor from the Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
Mr. Hiroyuki Hakura (Delegate of "The Forum for Advancement of Stereoscopic Three Dimensional Image Technology and Arts" and designated professor of Digital Hollywood University, Graduate School)

Associate Prof. Narahara Taro (Associate professor from the College of Architectural Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  Mr. Yoann Pencreach (Chief Manager of VR development group, FORUM8)

  Awards (2015/11/24)

 
  No.3
  Title : Traffic Dispatching Verification System
  Team Name : Root    University : Shanghai University    Country : China

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
The purpose of our work is provide a simulation platform to those who want to test the traffic dispatching algorism in a visual way.By using our work, they only have to build their own simulation scene and add the algorism in our work.It is convenient to use and has a better way to show the effect of the algorism.
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Judge's special prize
Tomohiro Fukuda
(Head of judges and associate professor from the Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
  No.6
  Title : Virtual LED
  Team Name : O.R.T.    University : Shanghai Maritime University    Country : China

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
Idea Source
LED is a very popular thing in daily life, you can find it on anywhere. So I want create a Virtual LED to make UCwin/Road more close to life, so I write this plugin.

Development Prospect
-Distinguish more words
-Control more convenient
-Play videos
-Make advertisement

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Prof. Taro Narahara
(Associate professor from the College of Architectural Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  No.12
  Title : Anywhere Door
  Team Name : WindChaser    University : Tongji University    Country : China

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
Anywhere Door is a mobile based voice control UC-Win/ Road plugin which can be divided into two parts — UC- Win/Road part and mobile app part.
On the Anywhere Door plugin of UC-Win/Road, you can find your current location’s coordinate, and when you gave a command, your command information will present on the list for you. This list will help you a lot when you want to jump back to one point and desire its alias.
In the app, there is a red button on the screen which is the only component you need to manipulate. When you press and hold the button, the re corder starts to work. Meanwhile , you can directly speak to your phone and make requests.

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Judge's special prize 
Mr. Hiroyuki Hakura
(Delegate of "the Forum for Advancement of Stereoscopic Three Dimensional Image Technology and Arts" / Designated Professor of Digital Hollywood University, Graduate School)
  No.2
  Title : Kinect Explore
  Team Name : Great Sword    University : Shanghai Jiao Tong University    Country : China

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
Kinect Explore combines Kinect smart drive and Kinect free walk together. Kinect smart drive provide air drive function and automatic drive assistant system. You can interact with the virtual steering wheel and pedal to drive the car. Kinect free walk provide walk and free view function. You can explore the city by walking, and turn your head to every direction where you are interested in. All of above you can do in our amazing plugin!
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Pencreach Yoann
(Technical Manager of FORUM8 VR development)
  No.8
  Title : SILC Plugin
  Team Name : SILCreate    University : Shanghai University    Country : China

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
The aim of this program allows users to use their body motion to navigate and get information in UC-win/Road supported by Kinect SDK. The realization of the program works in the following process: users conduct certain body movements (e.g. wave right hand over head), which can be captured by Kinect device; then the motion captured will be recognized as Kinect skeleton motion, which will be transferred into certain instruction by Kinect SDK; these specified instructions can executed in UC-win/Road plugin (powered by Delphi and UC-win/Road SDK) and reflect in UC-win/Road. The user experience provided by this program is unique, immersive and innovative because of the application of Kinect for Windows sensor, providing a new way of human-computer interaction to really “walk” in models and “catch” their information in UC-win/Road.
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  No.9
  Title : Safety notification of when overtaking car through on
        Screen Display
  Team Name : 90UOS    University : University of Seoul    Country : Korea

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
Summary : This plugin helps promote the safety of the driver and the road safe and economical design of the road designer.
Purpose : To rise driver’s safety and to reduce road construction cost.
Need : UCwinRoad have not yet to equip the Plugin about overtaking.
So, this plugin will need for various users.
Importance : The driver’s safety ensure through the proper Guidance at overtaking situation.
Economical road design because excessive passing sight distance for road design cause costs a lot of construction.
Function : Notify Some proper Information to drivers at overtaking situation.
It offer the Passing Sight Distance based on AASHTO formula.

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  No.15
  Title : Emulation system of driver's own driving
  Team Name : SDL     University : Kyushu University     Country : Japan

Overview
HELP : How to view/control VR data with VR-Cloud®
Fully-autonomous driving is one of the grand challenges in automobile control. One of the most valid policies in autonomous driving is to emulate driver’s own driving. We place particular focus on replaying exactly the same driving as one that the driver did.
One of the methods of evaluating the performance of the autonomous driving is to analyze the driver’s override. However, if once the driver overrode the autonomous driving, the problem how to restart the autonomous driving when the automobile’s position is off the trajectory is caused.
In this work, we aim to develop an experiment environment for evaluating the performance of the autonomous driving. Especially, we develop a system for logging the data of the driver’s own driving and emulating it, avoiding problem mentioned above. 

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  Prix
The Cloud Programming Cup Prize Award is worth 300,000 yen!

Cloud Programming Cup Prize : 1
Award 300,000 yen, world cup, award certificate

Judge's special prize : 3-4
Award 50,000 yen, judge's special prize, award certificate

Nominee's prize
Award certificate, a panel of their work, memorials, FORUM8 original gift

Participation Prize (for all applicants whose works satisfy the rules)
Award certificate
*Travelling and accommodation fee are provided for the selected teams for nominated works. Up to 3 members from the area other than Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.


  Award Ceremony


Date : November 19 (Thu), 2015 Venue : Shinagawa Intercity Hall (MAP)

The winning award works will be selected through the final judging commitee and judge on cloud via VR-Cloud® and the Award Ceremony will be held.

Open Judgement 

A presenter for The 5th VDWC / 3rd CPWC
Ryuta Ieiri
He is an architectural IT journalist transmitting information on his blog to solve the business challenges that the construction industry has including the productivity growth, global environmental protection and internationalization etc. by introducing BIM, 3DCAD and informatization construction etc.

Award Ceremony

A presenter for The 5th VDWC / 3rd CPWC
Yuji Abe
Born in Tokyo in 1958 and graduated as Political Science and Economics major from Waseda University.
He has currently taken successive lead roles as a reporter in various Japanese TV programs such as "Variety show Sukkiri!!". He is known for his competence in English, his ability that helped him become a professional private teacher who helped his students pass an entrance exam to many prestigious schools and also helped him interview Hollywood stars visiting Japan without an interpreter.

  Guideline for applicants


The objective of the competition is to develop software that can run on VR-Cloud® using UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit) and VR-Cloud® SDK. This software could be: all-purpose software, application programs, engineering software, business software or game software.
- UC-win/Road    - UC-win/Road SDK    - VR-Cloud®    - VR-Cloud® SDK
- Unique transmission technology a3s (Anything as a Service) SDK

Examples of application that can be developed using the SDK


  Judging Standard


The objective of the competition is to develop software that can run on VR-Cloud® using UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit) and VR-Cloud® SDK. This software could be: all-purpose software, application programs, engineering software, business software or game software. Competing students are asked to submit a set of source codes of the software they used and a Power Point slide that gives an explanation on the source codes. The work will be evaluated on how well SDK was used in the creation of the cloud software from the aspect of programming quality, rationality, technicality, aesthetics, originality, and how well it is presented.

*1  Copyright
  • All contents of the awarded VR data is the copyright of each applicants.
  • The submitted VR data will not be distributed, but FORUM8 has a right to use the data and works, edit and reproduce the images and videos etc. and post or introduce it on website, magazines, books, newspaper etc. as a sales activity or an advertisement as a secoundary user of VR data.


  Deliverable

  • Fill-out Form for Work Plan (submit by Fri. 19 June)
    Please use the "Fill-out Form for Work Plan" to type in the title of your work, your team name and team members, and to present your work with an explanation of its overview (in 100 words in English) and image(s).
    *All of the works will be judged on an anonymous basis. Please choose a team name and title by which an individual or group CANNOT be identified.
      (Word、240KB)
    Please send your filled out form to : cpwc@forum8.co.jp

  • Application program
  • Source code and script (text format)
  • Simplified user manual for the program (Word format)
  • Concept of the program, future task and idea etc. (PowerPoint format)
    *Not only the program but also including the contents would be fine.


  Qualification for applicant


All the team members involved should be either students or working students.


  Application term / Schedule


Registration Period Apr. 9 (Thu) - Jun. 19 (Fri)
Please submit the work plan by Jun. 19 after the registration.
Rental duration for free licenses April 9 (Thu) - November 27 (Fri), 2015
1st round presentation /review (*2) Jun. 29 (Mon)
Project Submission Period Oct. 1 (Thu) - Oct. 6 (Tue) Japan Time
Judging Period (*3) Oct. 9 (Fri) - Oct. 15 (Thu)
Results Announcement and Award Ceremony Nov. 19 (Thu) Venue : Shinagawa INTERCITY Hall
*2 The overview of the submitted work will be presented and reviewed at the International VR Symposium The 6th Summer Workshop in Greece.
*3 Travelling and accommodation fee are provided for the selected teams for nominated works. Up to 3 members from the area other than Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.


  How to entry

Entry flow

  1. Please send the filled out entry form which can be downloaded from below to the following e-mail address along with the scanned students' ID cards of all of your members during the registration period (April 9 (Thu) - June 19 (Fri), 2015).
    E-mail : cpwc@forum8.co.jp
      (Word、240KB)
  2. After your entry has been accepted, we will send you the following information:
      ・Registration ID
      ・Download link for VR site model and materials we provide for you to work on.
      ・How to apply for the software you want to rent and workshop you want to join.
  3. Please submit your final entry via our online submission form coming to you shortly, during the project submission period (October 1 (Thu) - October 6 (Tue)). We will then send you the site (the 3DVR cloud server) on which you can test your work, along with your ID and password.


  Available software / Free license duration term


Applicants can rent the available software licenses and can participate in the training seminars (including paid seminar) of the available products held by FORUM8 with prior registration.
*The license of the products will be separately sent after applying by the automatic reply sent after registring.

Intended Products
- UC-win/Road    - UC-win/Road SDK    - VR-Cloud®    - VR-Cloud® SDK
- Unique transmission technology a3s (Anything as a Service) SDK

Examples of application that can be developed using the SDK

   Rental duration for free licenses

April 9 (Thu) - November 27 (Fri), 2015
*The rental duration, license restrictions and format provided will depend on the individual product.

  Seminar schedule of available products


Applicants can also participate in training and seminar (free or paid) on this software held by FORUM8.

*7 venues : Tokyo (Main venue) TV Conference (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai, Sapporo, Kanazawa)

Date Venue Seminar Products and solution
5/27 Tokyo UC-win/Road・VR seminar UC-win/Road
6/3 Nagoya UC-win/Road Advanced・VR seminar UC-win/Road
6/9 Osaka UC-win/Road Advanced・VR seminar UC-win/Road
6/25 Sendai UC-win/Road・VR seminar UC-win/Road
6/30 7 venues/Web Introduction seminar for UC-win/Road creater UC-win/Road
7/22 Kanazawa UC-win/Road・VR seminar UC-win/Road
8/6 7 venues/Web UC-win/Road SDK/VR-Cloud® SDK seminar UC-win/Road SDK
VR-Cloud® SDK
8/20 Shanghai, Tsingtao,
Taipei
UC-win/Road SDK seminar UC-win/Road SDK
9/1 7 venues/Web UC-win/Road SDK/VR-Cloud® SDK seminar UC-win/Road SDK
VR-Cloud® SDK
9/3 Shanghai, Tsingtao,
Taipei
UC-win/Road VR seminar UC-win/Road
9/17 Shanghai, Tsingtao,
Taipei
UC-win/Road Driving Simulator seminar UC-win/Road
Driving Simulator
9/18 Fukuoka UC-win/Road・VR seminar UC-win/Road
9/29 7 venues/Web Introduction seminar for UC-win/Road creater UC-win/Road
10/6 Sapporo UC-win/Road Advanced VR Seminar UC-win/Road
10/22 Tokyo UC-win/Road DS Experience Seminar UC-win/Road
Driving Simulator


  For Inquiries

FORUM8 Co., Ltd Tokyo head office Publishing team in charge of Cloud Programing World Cup
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021 Japan
TEL : 03-6894-1888          FAX : 03-6894-3888     E-mail : cpwc@forum8.co.jp
URL : http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/index.html


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