I wanted to introduce another project idea. This has been brewing for more than a decade. I have never really pushed it, but I always come back to it and often wonder if it would work. The plan was to create a way to simulate concepts through VR (Virtual Reality) or on screen. It all came from the love of seeing Star Trek using their Holodecks for this very purpose. I always felt that Voyager showed this best. The creation of the Delta Flyer used the decks to check it’s engines, structural integrity and flight dynamics. I think this would be a game changer when conceptualising.
It has changed over the many years, and even had a game idea thrown in at one point. It was meant to be a matrix-based work space, allowing you to bring in walls, rooms, parts, tools etc. Over the decade, many similar apps have been released. Lots of physics-based software, but none that do this exact job.
For now, I see it reforming, again. The idea is sound; the technology is short. Maybe the notion needs to be brought together so that the tech can catch up? Who knows?
