We have that festival here in Paris which is so awesome I thought I’d share it with you. It’s called “Futur en Seine” and it’s basically about the general public meeting innovative companies and researchers to imagine together what our future could look like.

Now you may think it’s about witches reading palms. Not quite. Actually we had the pleasure to see people like Yoichiro Kawaguchi whose ambition is to propose artistic but fully realistic 3D models of creatures which would appear in future planets. Of course, it is only predictions and if we won’t be able to check it until we actually visit these planets.

However, and that’s where it gets interesting for us, it is not only arty people who unleash their imagination. Kawagushi is so much into his ideas that he prepared a simulation environment to analyze interactions between the virtual creatures and the planet. Thus he makes sure these creatures can actually live – and thus potentially exist.

Again, it’s pretty far from the traditional scientific methods but when you think about it, art can definitely bring new ideas to engineering. That’s why we were then invited to round tables and seminars to talk about 3D as a media, define eco-design and explain collaborative communication. Topics such as serious gaming or sustainable innovation were of course at the very heart of the debate.

It’s pretty interesting to see how people are passionate about new technologies and their impact on our future: novices and professionals were equally excited by everything they saw! From complex demos from researchers to 3DVIA shows targeting the general public, they were all attracted by 3D and its future.

And you, how do you see our future?

PS: Another thing people loved was Exalead Labs and its Music Mashup! Ok it’s not 3D things but people still loved it!

Best,

Brigitte

Brigitte is a member of the Digital Content Strategy Team

Dominique Florack @ 3DS Application Innovation Summit

As announced earlier, Dassault Systemes’ Application Innovation Summit brought a lot of surprises. But there’s one I thought you’d like very much: V6 is going on the cloud.

Right from the beginning, Dominique Florack, our Senior EVP Products Research & Development, pointed out the rise of Cloud Computing as a major trend of the industry. With increasing use of mobile devices which power grows as fast as Warner Bros’ Roadrunner, Cloud Computing is the thing we have to care about.

As such, 3DS had to review its entire approach to implementing solutions in customers’ companies. The old way was to deploy products on every computer. Needless to say it takes time: 12 months to the best, 18 on average. The new way is about adopting the product.

Ok I bet it’s tough to get it so I’m gonna give you an example… Say you need 3DVIA Studio. You simply go to our AppStore, buy it and within seconds (and by seconds, I mean seconds) and without any previous installation, it runs on your computer. Via the Cloud.

What’s the common expression for that kind of stuff again? It rocks!!

Don’t you love it?

Cheers,

Remi

As I was at the Paris Air Show (le Bourget) yesterday, I thought you might enjoy some pictures and a video of what we can see there.

You remember Big Frog? A project we once supported in our Passion for Innovation program? Well it was located right in the center of the show and its team is as ready as they can be for this September Reno Air Race! Big Frog pilots told me they only needed some final testing for the engine and by mid-August they will fly to the US to get the plane prepared and tested for the race.

It’s pretty amazing to see how excited the team is: they were just like children when they were talking about the plane, you can definitely tell they love it! I’m so looking forward to September, we’ll keep you updated with the race outcome but I’m sure they will rock it! GO BIG FROG!

Other notable thing was obviously Solar Impulse which was the special guest of the show. However, as you can see from the pictures and video, it wasn’t the perfect weather we could have hoped for so the plane didn’t fly… too bad!

Anyway, here is a short overview of what you can experience at this year’s Paris Air Show, obviously starring Big Frog:

Were you there? Tell us what interested you the most!

Cheers,

Rémi