There was a time when rendering a well finished 3D image for an AEC presentation could take hours to render, and we are at a time now where entire cities are rendered in real time, with designers, engineers and stakeholders remotely collaborating in a fully immersive way, with data inputs dynamically updating in real time.

The Indian AEC ecosystem has accelerated its adoption of technology and that’s showing exponential gains.

VAMRR Technologies, a leader in Virtual Augmented Mixed Reality ecosystem, organized the 81^st VAMRR AEC Ahead conference today. Presented by Unreal Engine, an advanced 3D Real-time creation tool, the summit is dedicated to the latest developments in Design, Visualization, Data Management and Collaboration in the AEC space.  

Mr. Anand Gurnani, Founder, VAMRR TECHNOLOGIES, and the curator and organizer of the summit welcomed 250 professionals from the AEC space from the function areas of Design, Architecture, Visualization, Project Management, Engineering and Technology. “Real time visualization technologies, Real Time Data, Immersive Tech and cloud based Remote Collaboration technologies are all converging to take AEC Workflows to the next paradigms. This has had a tremendous impact on Collaboration, which is key to any AEC Project’s success. The amazing industry leaders speaking at the conference today will be sharing their valuable perspective on the same, they will also share how these technologies exponentially enhance efficiency, increase creative bandwidth and several other benefits and possibilities that were hitherto deemed impossible.”

Arvind Neelakantan, Evangelist – India & ASEAN- Unreal Engine delivered the keynote on the theme of “Real-Time Transformation Of AEC’. In his address Arvind Neelakantan said, “Today an increasing number of AEC professionals turn to real-time engines for their super-fast rendering capability. With the rapid digital transformation of the AEC market, 3D tools such as Unreal Engine will form the bedrock of the industry and accelerate technology advancements in the AEC industry. We are delighted to partner with the 81st VAMRR AEC Ahead conference to share the future of real-time technologies and its role in transforming the industry.”

The summit had prominent industry thought leaders across from across AEC Design, Visualization and Digital Twin space presenting and participating as panelists for the panel discussions, including

• Arvind Neelakantan | Evangelist, India & ASEAN | EPIC GAMES
• Ajay Koshy | Head – Design Management | BRIGADE GROUP
• Ernesto Pacheco | Director of Visualization | CANNON DESIGN (US)
• Vishal Shah | Executive Director & Head of Digital Product Development | GLEEDS
• Vishal Kundra | Technical Director, Design Planning + Economics, India  | AECOM
• Monika Nair | Professional Head of Landscape, Urban Design & Planning | ATKINS
• Vivek Anandhan | Principal Architect, THE SQUARE
• Gautam Tewari | Co-Creator, Trezi & Co Founder | SMARTVIZX
• Samir Shaikh | Design Director & Studio Head, New Delhi | BDP.
• Avjeet Singh | Senior Architect | M MOSER ASSOCIATES
• Prakash Nandivada | BIM Technologist

The event saw a slew of interesting conversations, panels, and presentations by the pioneers in the industry. Key discussions in the summit revolved around the latest advances in visualization, data Management, Data-Driven Design, Digital Twins in the AEC space, Game Engines in AEC workflows and BIM to VR & AR

Right from concept and pre-design, to construction, operations and maintenance, the AEC industry is now showing a propensity to embrace technology, harness and leverage it across the value chain. The conference objective being to bring together the thought leaders and proficient professionals of the AEC ecosystem to discuss their experiences on adopting cutting edge technologies share case studies, highlight trends and gaze at the future of technology trends in AEC.