nisus

Hi All,

Euh... I'm shocked and not...

As a long time attendee of all (but the mundos digitales) archviz. conferences, I don't get the whole changing of times. I do understand some background but it's confusing and probably expensive... but than again, why not! Things change all the time...

So here we were: VMDC with Siggraph (summer / US) and Imagina (winter / EU) will become... something else...

Anyway, I don't mind the change of times, but as a (not too fortunate) European visualiser I will face the following difficulties... Siggraph this year is LATE (not end of july) and so after the holiday (in the US) I'll go back to EU to start up the company after the holiday and than fly back to the US for Siggraph/CGA/AVC ow ow... no... AVC is in may... euh...

flying back and forth between EU and the US a few times a year is not that cheap...

So jeff, can you make any deals/special airplane reductions for being an archvizzer???

rgds,

nisus

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nisus

For the other part about the content of the event...

I'm VERY CONFIDENT Jeff will do a good job 'balancing' between BIM and techniques/workshops. I'm sure by now he has heard most people lack-of interest for BIM, so i'm curious to see how he makes the BIM-topics exited!
Maybe with another air through the topic it can be a bit more fun, why not?

I would only suggest to make as many proposals of topics/speakers as possible so that Jeff can make good picks that most attendees will like.

rgds,

nisus

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EddieLeon

Some artists might not be interested in BIM, just like my architecture teachers had no interest in 3D. The reality is that we will need to learn some aspects of BIM so that we can remain competitive and expand our industry.

Actually, I am hoping that the BIM lectures and workshops might be able to attract additional people that might not have otherwise attended DMVC. As the saying goes "The More The Merrier". See you in Boston

fourthand11

Everyone in my office were looking forward to Vismasters being in LA with Siggraph. We're not interested in BIM presentations at all. We now have to decide between Siggraph and BIMMasters, LA or Boston?

Jeff Mottle

Like I said before we are catering to both areas of design visualization: Marketing Visualization and BIM visualization. On the marketing visualization side there will be as many or more sessions devoted to this subject than last year, so the decision to attend or not should be an easy decision. We will be announcing the initial session topics in a few weeks. The BIM and Marketing viz tracks are bening run concurrently, so you don't have to see any BIM sessions if you don't want to.

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Brian Cassil

OK, so I'll put my mind to rest about the content. It sounds like you have taken good care of that. However the issue of venue will still be a problem for me. I'm thinking about it, but I just am having a hard time wrapping my mind around giving up siggraph for AIA. There is so much coolness at Siggraph that I won't be getting at AIA. As I said before, I go to be invigorated and motivated by what I experience. It's much less about what I actually learn in terms of techniques. I can't imagine seeing too much great digital art and media at the AIA convention. I guess I could try and convince the powers that be to send me to both but I really doubt that's going to happen.

Anyway, I'm just one measly potential attendee. Good luck to you Jeff, I hope the DMVC continues to be a great success and I hope to see a few of you at Siggraph still. If so we should at least go out to dinner.

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Ernest Burden

Well, going to DMVC has to be it's own justification. Otherwise, we should always have it in Cancun in February.

I once curated a rendering show (along with Frank Costantino) at an AIA Convention, I think 1991. It was through the ASAI (then called...) and titled ASAP@AIA: Visualizing the Design Process. The premise was that each exhibiting renderer had to write a short text about how the rendering helped get an architectural project realized. The texts were posted next to each piece. The message was that these aren't just nice pictures, they're an important part of how you get a project from idea to leased.

I don't know if there is enough time this year, but having a DMVC-sponsored rendering/animation exhibit within the AIA Convention wouldn't hurt in terms of promoting our profession to a big client group. For them, they get some stuff to look at that isn't boring and could up their 'coolness' rating.

Jeff?

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Brian Cassil

I second that motion!

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Chad Warner

You can't convince the powers that be to send you just to the DMVC conference? I think it's more than worth it.

Personally, I prefer the AIA conference to Siggraph, but I doubt that I'll be able to stay long enough to go to the AIA conference after the DMVC. I'm looking forward to the DMVC more than anything else. (probably because I couldn't make it last year)

Oh yeah, I third the motion for Cancun!

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Maxer

Let me just say that I think the trend of focusing on BIM is a mistake, we are visualizers not CAD operators, although we may use the BIM models to create our images it's not the most important thing in our daily work. Some people do use it as they fill a dual role as a designer/Cad operator/architectural illustrator, but I would be willing to bet that number is small. This conference is supposed to be about the art of visualization, it should focus more on the concepts and tools that directly play into creating these images. I don't now about you but BIM is not an interesting subject that I want to hear about for very long, I want to be presented with new ideas and methods for creating imagery, I'm not concerned with how well the software can bring together all the different elements of a building model in order to make estimating more efficient. Linking with the AIA is fine with me as long as the DMVC maintains it's focus on visualization only.

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