From Seac02, the world’s first program that transforms and accelerates the creative process

The program’s 3.0 version was officially launched on the occasion of the ninth “International Computer Graphics Conference – View 2008” (Turin, 11-14 November, 2008) and will present, in a single program, the functions of two current Seac02 products: LinceoVr and EasyOn.

The result is a more powerful working instrument, available to all who propose to the CAD a product that has a component of design: from industrial design to architecture, from furnishing to packaging. In particular, the LinceoVr component offers companies the possibility to reduce times and costs in the activities of projecting, marketing and sales. LinceoVr, in fact, is an innovative realtime rendering engine with stereoscopic visualisation support, which uses the most advanced techniques of illumination to visualise 3D models in real time in exceptionally realistic computer graphics.

EasyOn, however, allows agencies to conceptualise their own product in the real world, comparing design with that of the competition, and allows their clients to virtually test the products at home. All this is made possible through HD tele-cameras, simple webcams or photographic equipment with which it is possible to acquire personalised video or photographs at high resolution. “The greatest innovation of LinceoVr 3.0,” comments Andrea Carignano of Seac02, “is that in the genesis process of a new product, validation of the prototype can be made totally in virtual reality. To understand all its potential, simply turn on a simple webcam.

Thanks to the function of “augmented reality”, a virtual model of the completed prototype will appear in the camera’s scope, and can be managed in interactive mode or in real time. For example, by observing it at 360° to compare it to its previous version or to a competitor’s product. Or, more simply, to verify the validity of packaging on supermarket shelves.”