Under the Hood: The Promise of VR in High-Speed Rail

Every month, an Autodesk expert gets technical and provides an overview of the AEC Collection’s most powerful workflows. Read on to learn how one group of rail designers created a VR experience with Autodesk solutions. Imagine traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than two hours. Or heading 200 miles up the coast to see the redwood trees and still be back in the city for dinner. All while avoiding highway traffic and the hassle of the airport. High-speed rail is being used by countries around the world to speed transportation between cities in an eco-friendly, cost-efficient way. Commuters can travel from Tokyo to Osaka in less than three hours or from London to Paris in little more than two hours. This transportation mode also has great potential in the U.S. It’s a country with large distances between population centers, yet Americans tend to rely more on automobiles and air travel. The reasons are complex—enormous costs, getting stakeholders and the public to…

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