Results Announcement

On November 9th 2023, at Shinagawa Intercity Hall, the World Cup Award, 2 Excellence Award and 4 Honorable Judge Award have been determined through the final open judging.

▲Awards Ceremony
(Nov. 9th 2023 at Shinagawa Intercity Hall)

  • The 11th World Cup Award

    Entry No.12　Plough the waves Team, Shanghai University (China)

    Digital Twin Sluice Management System

    • In recent years, the occurrence of water traffic accidents is common, including the collision of two ships, capsizing and other phenomena, the main reasons are insufficient surface supervision, large ship flow, improper operation of the driver, and the water is not calm so that the ship deviates from the course. In order to improve the safety of water navigation, We put forward the digital twin sluice monitoring system to realize the real-time monitoring and prediction of sluice running state and reduce the occurrence of water traffic accidents.

    • Poster PDF
  • Excellence Award

    Entry No.23　IFocus, Kookmin University (Korea)

    DAPS(Distracted driving Accident Prevention System)

    • Our project aims to develop a system that heightens driver focus and safety, utilizing an innovative approach to estimate a driver's gaze without a tracker. Initially, we use the UC-win/road simulator to collect gaze data and facial images, synthesizing bare face images. Through deep learning, these images facilitate the prediction of 3D gaze vectors, represented on a 2D simulator screen. Finally, merging bbox details with optical flow data enables object detection and trajectory forecasting, enhancing accident prediction accuracy. Critically, if the identified risk points are not within the driver's field of vision, a timely alert system activates to prevent potential accidents, emphasizing proactive safety.

    • Poster PDF
  • Honorable Judge Award Environment Design and IT Award (Prof. Tomohiro Fukuda)

    Entry No.13　You Are My Eyes Team, Shanghai University (China)

    ANGEL NAVIGATION

    • For blind people, their world is a darkness, and their defense against things around them comes from sound. We used navigation glasses as a carrier and simulated the external information captured by the glasses using UC-win/Road software, providing users with auditory sensations and better perceiving external information. The blind population is constantly receiving attention in society, and the design of care for such groups is particularly important.

    • Poster PDF
  • Honorable Judge Award Best Optimization Award (Prof. Makoto Sato)

    Entry No.18　MT Four, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (Japan)

    Brain Machine Interface for Fun Driving

    • There are 4.63 million people with a physical disability in Japan. To remove the barrier to driving for them, we developed a BMI system that enables them to drive a car according to their brain waves. Our approach comprises a client application and server plugin for UC-win/Road. The user with a BMI headset focuses on visual stimulation on the client application and selects an action for a car. The chosen action is transferred to the server plugin. The car in the UC-win/Road acts according to the received action. Our BMI-based system provides an enjoyable driving experience for people with disabilities.

    • Poster PDF
  • Honorable Judge Award Creative Solutions Award (Prof. Taro Narahara)

    Entry No.10　Skiller, Beihang University (China)

    Bicycle simulator based on UC-win/Road

    • Based on UC-win/Road 15.1, we developed a bicycle simulator. By using the bicycle simulator, users can ride a bicycle equipped with data sensors in place to realize the riding movement in a virtual urban road traffic scene. The bicycle simulator consists of simulation software (UC-win/Road 15.1) and plug-ins, a bicycle, wireless router, four data sensors and image display screens. The sensor can collect the movement information of the bicycle in real time, and transmit the speed, steering and braking data to UC-win/Road 15.1, and control the movement of the bicycle in the virtual scene using the bicycle control plug-in.

    • Poster PDF
  • Honorable Judge Award Traffic Safety Innovation Award (Mr. Yoann Pencreach)

    Entry No.15　Real Never Give Up-Team, Beijing Jiaotong University (China)

    The Interface between UC-win/Road and SUMO

    • We used the UC-win/Road SDK to develop an interface to send the driving vehicle information from UC-win/Road to SUMO(Simulation of Urban Mobility) in real time, and calculate the traffic flow information, such as the traffic flow cars' location, speed, angle, lane and so on in SUMO. At the same time, we can use the UC-win/Road SDK to receive the data from the information calculated in SUMO and build car models in UC-win/Road to do joint driving simulation. After that simulations in above two software, we can get the result from UC-win/Road and SUMO to generate the final result.

    • Poster PDF
  • Nomination Award

    Entry No.9　Atarashii Gakko!, VinUniversity (Vietnam)

    Atarashii Vision

    • Atarashii Vision is an innovative plugin designed for UC-win/Road, aiming to revolutionize driving simulations. By harnessing the power of AI and computer vision, Atarashii Vision uses ordinary webcams to track users' head movements. This tracking allows the simulation to adjust its perspective in real-time, offering a dynamic and immersive 3D experience on standard 2D screens. With its efficient dlib predictor model, trained on 7,198 faces for optimal accuracy and speed, the software promises affordability and accessibility. Drivers can now delve into an enhanced driving experience without investing in pricey VR equipment or elaborate setups.

    • Poster PDF
  • Nomination Award

    Entry No.17　FIVE, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (China)

    Real-Time Drowsy Driving Detection based on EEG data

    • Drowsy driving is among the most critical causes of fatal crash, however, for some reason, drowsy driving is hard to be strictly forbidden, sometimes driver don't even know they're performing drowsy driving. Therefore, it is important to warn the driver of their dangerous behavior. Plenty of studies have already observed clear evidence using electroencephalography that the brain’s rhythmic activities fluctuate from alertness to drowsiness. Our work aims to detect driver’s drowsiness through EEG data and sends out a warning sign to the driver and urge him to get some rest.

    • Poster PDF

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Result of 1st Round Screening

A variety of projects are proposed, such as those on facilities management and haptic devices. Works making use of XR advancements are expected.

On the 11th of July, the first round of online judging took place between Tokyo and Hanze University Groningen in the Netherlands. From a large number of applications from Japan and overseas, a total of 23 entry teams were selected. The entry teams are supposed to create and submit works, and the final judging and awards ceremony will be held at the Design Festival 2023-3Days in November after the advance nomination judging.

The problem definition for each project is particularly clear and interesting this year. While some teams are now working out the details, others are entering the programming phase.There are a number of transport and automotive related studies, but there are also some proposed projects dealing with facilities management and the use of haptic devices, and we can expect to see projects taking advantage of XR advances.

▲The 1st round screening was held on July 11th.
Juries (From the left): Assoc. Prof. Tomohiro Fukuda (Committee Chief), Prof. Makoto Sato, Mr. Yoann Pencreach

Outline

Task for submission

 Download PDF Poster

Theme: Tomorrow will be more interesting.

The participants of the competition are required to develop a wide range of systems including software, hardware, and integration of those based on one or more of the following keywords.
The objective of the competition is to develop an application program or software as well as system embedment and cooperation with UC-win/Road, UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit), VR-Cloud® SDK, and Suite Chidori Engine.
Try your engineering and programming skills and tastes to develop cutting-edge VR and simulation technology.

Keywords:

  • AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
    Artificial intelligence and machine learning
    Bio-designs
    Building Information Modelling
    Connected and Autonomous Driving
    Creativity
    Designing the digital world
    Digital cities and virtual heritage
    Digital fabrication, robotics and construction
    Digital realities (virtual, augmented and mixed reality)
    Digital simulation and visualization
  • Disaster prevention
    Evolution
    Gaming
    Human-computer interaction and interactive environments
    Innovative material systems and manufacturing methods
    Metaverse and digital twin
    Pedagogical shifts in computational design
    Project of the future
    Urban analytics, big data analysis and smart cities
    Sustainability

[Free rental software]

  • ■UC-win/Road, UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit)
    3D VR software UC-win/Road and its Development Kit for the creation of applications and options. The plugin development in C++ language is now supported.

  • ■Shade3D, Shade3D SDK (Software Development Kit)
    Develop high-performance functions for the integrated 3D CG software Shade3D using C++ language.

  • Suite Chidori Engine
    A domestic cross-platform 3D game engine is now available on the iOS library in addition to the Windows OS. The editor function has been added for improving creation efficiency.

[Development Environment]
■UC-win/Road SDK: Delphi, C++, Python, JavaScript
■Shade3D SDK: C++
■VR-Cloud® SDK: Delphi, Angel Script
■a3s SDK: Delphi, C/C++
■Suite Chidori Engine: Visual Studio 2019
* Development could also be system embedment and cooperation developed by using C#, C++, JavaScript, java, Pascal, Python, Fortran, Ruby, R language

Seminars

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Juries
  • CPWC Head JudgeAssoc. Prof. Tomohiro Fukuda

    Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

  • Prof. Makoto Sato

    Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology

  • Assoc. Prof. Taro Narahara

    College of Architectural Design New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • Mr. Yoann Pencreach

    Senior Manager of Development Group, FORUM8

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Schedule
Entry Period

Sat. April 1st - Fri. June 30th, 2023

Product license
free loan period

Sat. April 1st - Fri. Nov. 17th, 2023

Preliminary screening / Notification of Qualification Results

Screening: Tue. July 11th, 2023
Result notification: Wed. July 19th, 2023

Submission period

Fri. Sep. 8th - Fri. Sep. 22nd, 2023

Cloud screening

Fri. Sep. 29th - Thu. Oct. 5th, 2023

Announcement of Nominations

Fri. Oct. 6th, 2023

Open Final Judging and Awards Ceremony

Thu. Nov. 9th, 2023
Venue: Shinagawa Intercity Hall (MAP)

Prize

  • World Cup Award (1 team)

    Prize 300,000 Yen

  • Excellence Award

    Prize 100,000 Yen

  • Honorable Judge Award
    (about 4 teams)

    Prize 50,000 Yen

  • Nomination Award

    Souvenir

Up to 3 members from the area other than Kanto area and 2 members from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.

Guideline

Application Guideline
Task for Submission

Theme: Tomorrow will be more interesting.
The participants of the competition are required to develop a wide range of systems including software, hardware, and integration of those based on one or more of the following keywords.
The objective of the competition is to develop an application program or software as well as system embedment and cooperation with UC-win/Road, UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit), VR-Cloud® SDK, and Suite Chidori Engine.
Try your engineering and programming skills and tastes to develop cutting-edge VR and simulation technology.

Keywords:
AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Bio-designs
Building Information Modelling
Connected and Autonomous Driving
Creativity
Digital cities and virtual heritage
Digital fabrication, robotics and construction
Digital realities (virtual, augmented and mixed reality)
Digital simulation and visualization
Disaster prevention
Gaming
Human-computer interaction and interactive environments
Metaverse and digital twin
Pedagogical shifts in computational design
Innovative material systems and manufacturing methods
Urban analytics, big data analysis and smart cities
Sustainability

[Development Environment]
■UC-win/Road SDK: Delphi, C++, Python, JavaScript
■Shade3D SDK: C++
■VR-Cloud® SDK: Delphi, Angel Script
■a3s SDK: Delphi, C/C++
■Suite Chidori Engine: Visual Studio 2019
>>Examples of application that can be developed using the VR-Cloud® SDK

* Development could also be system embedment and cooperation developed by using C#, C++, JavaScript, java, Pascal, Python, Fortran, Ruby, R language

Application Requirements
All participants involved in the creation of the submitted work must be students (working students, graduation research and production works created before graduation in the year 2022 are also eligible).
Copyright of the submitted works

The copyrights to all data, works, and products created through this competition shall remain the property of the authors.

FORUM8 shall have the right to edit and process the data, works, and deliverables created by the author, and shall have the right to use them for secondary purposes, such as publishing and distributing them on its website, e-mail news, PR magazines, books, magazines, newspapers, etc., as part of external announcements, research presentations, sales activities, and public relations activities.

Judging Standard

The objective of the competition is to develop an application program or software with UC-win/Road, UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit), VR-Cloud® SDK, Shade3D, and Suite Chidori Engine. This software could be: all-purpose software, application programs, engineering software, business software or game software as well as system embedment and cooperation developed by using C#, C++, JavaScript, java, Pascal, Python, Fortran, Ruby, and R language.

Competing students are asked to submit a set of source codes of the software they used and a Power Point slide and video that give 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.

Open judging and award ceremony

Date of event： Thu. November 9th, 2023
Venue: Shinagawa Intercity Hall (MAP)

Nominated teams will be asked to participate in the open judging and give a one-minute presentation. If you do not participate, you will not be eligible for an award.
The competition result will be also announced on the FORUM8 website.

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Entry and Submission Process
1. Entry Registration

Please register and submit your work plan in English during the registration period (Sat. April 1st – Fri. June 30th, 2023).
Judging will be conducted blindly. The name of the team or work should not identify the individual or group, such as the name of the country or school.
To register, please complete the page accessible from the button below with your team name, team members, etc.

Please download and fill out the form using the following link to present your work with an overview explanation (in 100 words in English) and any images and upload it using the Registration form below.

Entry form

2. After entry is accepted

The following information will be sent to you by e-mail after the entry has been accepted.

- Entry ID
- URL to download the data and materials provided for the production of the work
- Information on how to apply for seminars you wish to attend

Free rental of product licenses

3. Preliminary Rounds / Notification of Results

The preliminary screening will be held on Tue. July 11th, and the selection results will be announced in the middle of July.

4. Submission of Work

Only teams that enter before the deadline and pass the qualifying round will be allowed to submit their works. Please submit your work by the submission deadline on Fri. September 22nd, 2023 at the dedicated URL that will be separately announced at a later date.

[Documents to be submitted]

・Program application
・Source code and sript (Text format)
・Simplified user manual (Word format, etc.)
・Program Concept: Future tasks and ideas (PowerPoint format, etc.)
　*This can include content not directly associated with the program
・Video under 5 minutes in length (MP4 format)

Contact for inquiries and questions

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

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Available software
Duration of free rental of product license

Sat. April 1st to Fri. November 17th, 2023

* The rental duration, license restrictions and format provided will depend on the individual product.
* Rental licenses allow the use of all the functions that each applicable software offers, but they cannot be used for purposes other than the competition.

Available software

■UC-win/Road

■UC-win/Road SDK

■Shade3D

■Shade3D SDK

■Suite Chidori Engine

■VR-Cloud®

■VR-Cloud® SDK

■Unique transmission technology a3s (Anything as a Service) SDK

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Online Seminars

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

Date
Seminar
Product/Solution
August 3rd

UC-win/Road VR Seminar

UC-win/Road

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Past Award-Winning Works

  • The 10th World Cup Award

    KAAD, Kookmin University (Korea)

    TAP(Traffic Accident Prediction)
    Our project aims to create an Anomaly Detection model for prevent accident and so on assist the driver in performing safe road driving. First, we abstract object's position, optical flow from UC-win/Road. Next, Input the features to the anomaly detection model in the PyTorch environment. Based on unsupervised learning, anomaly detection models are trained with normal data. Anomaly scores are derived from anomaly detection model. Finally, check the driver's gaze point using eye tracker, we send warning to the driver when driver is careless with abnormal objects. Additionally, we warns the driver if the driver is drowsy driving.
  • The 10th Honorable Judge Award Environment Design and IT Award
        (Prof. Tomohiro Fukuda)

    SOS-Team, Shanghai University (China)

    EXTREMELY FAST RESCUE
  • The 10th Honorable Judge Award Best Optimization Award (Prof. Makoto Sato)

    MT Girls, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (Japan)

    Mobility-Support Robot for Relaxation

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Award Ceremony (Cloud Programming World Cup(CPWC) The 10th Cloud Programming World Cup for Students / November 2022)

Contest History

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