A blog by Oleg Shilovitsky
Information & Comments about Engineering and Manufacturing Software

Can we use 3D Gaming Technologies in PLM?

Can we use 3D Gaming Technologies in PLM?
olegshilovitsky
olegshilovitsky
8 January, 2009 | 1 min for reading

While looking at the amazing development of 3D Gaming Technologies recently , I’ve been wondering – is it possible to use all this experience for PLM? 

I think today’s Gamers will will approach enterprises and will expect similar experience from enterprise systems. Although I’m not sure we are there yet, I’d like to start putting into practice some initial ideas for convergence between 3D Games and PLM. 

I’d like to bring one particular idea for discussion today – COLLADA. COLLADA is a royalty-free XML schema that enables digital asset exchange within the interactive 3D industry. What if this framework were be available to communicate between Design and Development systems on one side, and gaming controllers and new video devices on the other side. Such convergence can open huge opportunities in bringing gaming experience to PLM. 

Today, COLLADA has initial support by a relatively long list of systems. Dassault Systèmes and Virtools can also support COLLADA;.. SolidWorks Labs created a product called  Collada Export. Other vendors have also added products supporting COLLADA.

 I’m sure you may have other practical examples of the merge between PLM and 3D Gaming. I will be interested to hear your feedback, receive links and other examples.

Recent Posts

Also on BeyondPLM

4 6
25 July, 2018

Model-based is a topic in the air of many discussions about future digital transformation in engineering and manufacturing. I honestly...

10 December, 2009

Some thoughts about Business Intelligence (BI). I found it somewhat under-invested in Product Lifecycle Management field. BI considered as a...

27 October, 2010

Almost 2 weeks ago, I wrote about De-confusing of PLM Collaboration. Today, I want to suggest a different angle and...

12 September, 2017

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Very often we have the tendency to complicate things. We believe that sophistication means results...

11 June, 2023

Simplicity and simplification is one of my favorite topics. When it comes to product lifecycle management (PLM), product data management,...

24 July, 2009

I’m very happy to share article by Kenneth Wong in DE Online. One Small Step for Office, One Giant Leap...

27 January, 2018

“Digital” was a big word  last year and I think it will become even bigger trend in 2018. While some...

13 January, 2018

One of my ‘burning questions” for PLM in 2018 is about value of data. Check my article (here). What PLM...

13 July, 2017

Unless you live under the rock, you know what is SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). It was style of software design...

Blogroll

To the top