| Q&A |
 Seac02,
LinceoVR,
EasyOn, Display Designer
June. 2008 |
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"The
process is a drag and drop activity, material can be
easily modified with few clicks, the user can ad his
own new materials and OpenEXR or HDRI images. The traning
time is about 1 day."
<Seac02
EasyOn |
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| Q1 |
Please
give a brief description of seac02 and its activities. |
| A1 |
Seac02
is a company involved in the CAV (computer aided visualization)
sector. We develop and sell virtual and augmented reality software
based on OpenGL standards. Target market are retail market (company
who produces goods where the aesthetic component is relevant
eg. Packages, furniture, fashion and so on), designers and architects.
Our softwares guarantee hi visualization quality, easy interface,
simplified functions to be used also by not technical users
(eg. Marketing managers or merchandiser who don’t know
anything about 3D). We supply a trasversal chain inside the
company from the design review to the selling activities. |
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| Q2 |
LinceoVR
is dedicated to Design Review. What kind of 3d formats can it
read? |
| A2 |
It
can read obj, step, wrl, 3ds, and iges with some limitations,
but using the rhino plugin we extend the compatibility to all
the 3d format supported by McNell. |
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| Q3 |
Is
it easy to customize an object with LinceoVR? |
| A3 |
Absolutely
yes, the process is a drag and drop activity, material can be
easily modified with few clicks, the user can ad his own new
materials and OpenEXR or HDRI images. The traning time is about
1 day. |
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| Q4 |
Pre-defined
materials are very realistic. But how can user can defined their
own materials? What are the benefits of using HDR images as
reflection ? |
| A4 |
The
simplest way is to modify standard materials and add them with
one click to the custom materials library, the second way is
to write new shaders, but requires few programming skills. In
few month we will add some standards materials to the library
to satisfy the needs our users are asking for. |
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| Q5 |
Is
it possible to animate the 3D objects? How can 3D scene can
be published? |
| A5 |
Yes
it is possible with simple animation, but from September we
will be able to import complex animations and bones from 3dmax
and Maya. |
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| Q6 |
What
is the role of EasyOn? |
| A6 |
EasyOn
is the next step, after the designer has defined the style of
new product, he can see the product realtime using a camera
in the real environment, to compare with competitors one, or
tho show directly in the room of the final user (eg. Furniture
at home). Merchandiser use the software to sell display directly
in the shops. |
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| Q7 |
How
can augmented reality can help companies to benchmark their
products? Is it an easy process? |
| A7 |
The
process is dramatically easy, the user ha sto drag and dor the
3d model inside EasyOn, print a peace of paper, connect the
camera shoot realtime the scene, and he starts seeing the virtual
object in the real world. |
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| Q8 |
Does
Linceo, EasyOn and Display Designer share the sames 3d objects? |
| A8 |
 Yes,
they share the same objcets, Display designer is the end of
the cahin, it can handle over 200M polygons realtime, it has
a customizable product library, a customizable display library,
and th3e user can define realtime with a drag and drop interface
a completely layout of a store and walk inside of it. |
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