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Techonomy: Five Ways AR and VR Will Improve Our Current Reality

Brian Pene is a Director of Engineering. He works on emerging technology in the Office of the CTO. We often joking refer to what he and his team do as "black operations." Techonomy is a company that believes that technology... Read more →

Autodesk Labs: 10 Years After

Now, Ten Years After, 2004. My how time flies. It was 10 years ago today that Autodesk Labs was started. Autodesk Technologist, Shaan Hurley, published the Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD and the DGN translator for AutoCAD as the first... Read more →

Meet the Autodesk Beta Coordinators

Before we release software, Autodesk has a few customer touchpoints: Autodesk Research conducts cutting edge research to transition the impossible to the possible. Autodesk Labs conducts technology previews to see if proposed ideas have customer value. Autodesk Beta conducts beta... Read more →

June 2016 issue of the Autodesk Labs newsletter now available

There's another issue of Innovation Edge, the Autodesk Labs newsletter, available for your perusal. This brief publication highlights technologies and utilities available on Autodesk Labs. Something people don't always know is that technology previews are free. All we ask is... Read more →

The Homeowner Association Sign Project

I live in a gated community called Crown Harbor in the city of Alameda, California. Alameda is across the bay from San Francisco and adjacent to Oakland. Our association complex was built about 35 years ago. When the developer, Ponderosa... Read more →

Project Calrissian for Computational Fluid Dynamics Now Available via Autodesk Labs

A long time ago, on a website not too far, far away, there was a technology preview called Project Falcon. Project Falcon was our technology preview that simulated air flow around vehicles, buildings, outdoor equipment, consumer products, or other objects... Read more →

Week 2 of the Autodesk Summer of Fabrication 2016

Our CEO is Carl Bass. Carl once said "'If I ask a Product Manager, can our product do this?' He always responds 'Of course it can do that.' I want to know from real world experience what our products can... Read more →

The Forge Developers Conference will be an annual event #ForgeDevCon

Every time the slide below was presented at the Forge developer's conference, the smartphones came out. I think this was the most photographed slide at the conference. As you may recall, Autodesk Forge is actually 3 things: Forge DevCon was... Read more →

Autodesk Point of View: Collaborative Development at Autodesk

Autodesk’s Corporate Strategy & Engagement team, of which Autodesk Labs is a part, publishes an internal newsletter monthly to discuss the big ideas that are important to us and our customers. Jon Pittman is the VP of Corporate Strategy, so... Read more →

Autodesk Research continues to evolve our Draconian world via Autodesk Labs

Project Draco continues as our free technology preview from Autodesk Research that makes animation as easy as sketching. The easy-to-use interface allows you to add a rich set of subtle, continuous animation effects to your images (e.g., JPGs, PNGs, GIFs)... Read more →

Robots and Augmented Reality at the Autodesk Applied Research Lab at Pier 9

This article is very similar to the one I posted on Thursday of last week. The Autodesk Applied Research Lab pursues a broad scope of inquiry — from Advanced Robotics, Internet of Things, and Machine Learning, to Climate Change, and... Read more →

Forge Developers Conference is Today and Tomorrow #ForgeDevCon

Part of Autodesk's success is based on the fact that long ago the founders: Recognized the computer industry was shifting from mainframe computers to personal computers. Entrusted a wide dealer and reseller network to sell our software. Developed application program... Read more →

Summer of Fabrication 2016 is underway

Our CEO is Carl Bass. Carl once said "'If I ask a Product Manager, can our product do this?' He always responds 'Of course it can do that.' I want to know from real world experience what our products can... Read more →

Book Review Part 8: The Principles of Product Development FLOW: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen

In a previous blog article, I mentioned how I was getting back to my programming roots and reading The Principles of Product Development FLOW: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen. I am in the process of reviewing... Read more →

San Francisco in the running to be a smart city

The U.S. Department of Transportation has pledged up to $40 million to one city to help it define what it means to be a "Smart City" and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies like self-driving cars,... Read more →

Motion Capture in the Autodesk Applied Research Lab at Pier 9

The Autodesk Applied Research Lab pursues a broad scope of inquiry — from Advanced Robotics, Internet of Things, and Machine Learning, to Climate Change, and the Future of Work. The team builds real-world prototypes to truly understand how cutting-edge technology... Read more →

The Beatles: If I had been George Martin for a day...

WARNING: This blog post is for people who are 50 or older. I am attending a class at the Rhythmix Cultural Works Center in Alameda. The Rhythmix Cultural Works Center brings people of all ages together for high-quality arts experiences... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco: Who visits and What's it like?

The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco celebrates design — the process of taking a great idea and turning it into a reality. With about 60 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk... Read more →

Updated React Structures Available via its own website and Autodesk Labs

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional structural software helps engineers more quickly perform simulation, analysis, and code-based design for any type of structure. There's an active technology preview on Autodesk Labs for Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis. Autodesk React Structures... Read more →

Maurice Conti: TEDx Portland Talk entitled "The Future of Human Augmentation"

The Autodesk Office of the CTO has a small team dedicated to Applied Research and Innovation. Team members Maurice Conti, David Thomasson, Evan Atherton, Heather Kerrick, and Nick Cote are investigating/experimenting the area of generative design, robotics, and the internet... Read more →

Project VUE Viewing for Navisworks graduates from Autodesk Labs to the App Center

Project VUE Viewing for Autodesk Navisworks was our technology preview of a Navisworks file reader that helps users import Intergraph Smart / SmartPlant 3D models into Autodesk Navisworks software. The technology preview was originally only compatible with Navisworks Manage 2015... Read more →

Book Review Part 7: The Principles of Product Development FLOW: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen

In a previous blog article, I mentioned how I was getting back to my programming roots and reading The Principles of Product Development FLOW: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen. I am in the process of reviewing... Read more →