Tuesday was my big day at AU2016: my colleagues, Alex Tessier, and I delivered a short segment during the Construction Launchpad session attended by roughly 1,000 people. This shot gives some idea of the size of the audience.
I think it’s probably the first time I’ve delivered a session with a camera showing me in close-up on the big screen. Here are a few tweets from the audience, showing what it probably looked like.
Collaborative design review - Autodesk research using Microsoft Halolens. @keanw #au2016 pic.twitter.com/WoAdpa7otE
— Clay Helm (@HelmClay) November 15, 2016
Visualising data using @Autodesk Dasher 360 as a dashboard - @keanw representing Autodesk #Research using #sensors and #IoT #innovation #FM pic.twitter.com/aqJETLtu1S
— Sander Lijbers (@Lijbers) November 15, 2016
Remember the hype around project dasher 5+ years ago? @keanw now shows Dasher 360: forge connected, data in the middle, awesomeness! #AU2016
— James Austin (@virtuarch) November 15, 2016
The #EraofConnection in full swing connecting various machines & devices with iBeacons and more!
— Sander Lijbers (@Lijbers) November 15, 2016
Autodesk Research leading the way #AU2016 pic.twitter.com/o2dX3IVATp
@keanw demoing Dasher 360, visualizing data and IoT within a 3D environment. #AU2016 pic.twitter.com/NDZ1geqsbs
— Mark Stocks (@mstocks) November 15, 2016
After the stress of presenting in front of such a large crowd, I was completely humbled to see 16-year old Anna Nixon deliver an incredible presentation during the opening mainstage event in front of several thousand attendees. There were even technical problems with her demo that she handled like a complete pro. Incredible job!
I then went and delivered my class about Dasher 360 and how we used Forge to implement it.
@keanw demoing Dasher 360, visualizing data and IoT within a 3D environment. #AU2016 pic.twitter.com/NDZ1geqsbs
— Mark Stocks (@mstocks) November 15, 2016
@keanw: Project Dasher helps to visualize + make sense of building performance data. Taking #BIM into operations #AU2016 #skanskaAU pic.twitter.com/fTOO0R9iBR
— Allison Scott (@AllisonBroSco) November 15, 2016
Getting ready for chat on #IoT and #Autodesk product integration with @keanw! #AU2016 #SkanskaAU pic.twitter.com/bzmWK3lYme
— Allison Scott (@AllisonBroSco) November 15, 2016
Sensors , sensors everywhere! #iot #AU2016 @keanw @Applied_SW pic.twitter.com/BN47P1aBJi
— Fausto Mendez (@FaustoMendezcom) November 15, 2016
It also showed how you can use Dynamo to access our IoT back-end and modify designs based on historical and real-time sensor data. We had the height of cubicle walls in a Revit model adjust based on the amount of noise detected by a microphone. The attendees managed to make the walls go really high – very fun.
My day’s work responsibilities ended with a quick roundtable on the use of disruptive technology in education, where I ended up doing an impromptu HoloLens demo.
@keanw #AU2016 demostrating some hololents possible activities! pic.twitter.com/VsDCFGQok6
— Claudio Vittori A. (@C_VittoriAntisa) November 15, 2016
Then came the blogger social, where our CTO, Jeff Kowalski, also gave it a try.
All in all it was a great, but completely exhausting day. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on the sessions: it was a lot of fun and I truly appreciate the time everyone spent listening to me talk about the various subjects.
