IMAGINOVA CDT
Concept Development Team

Design based development of innovations and solutions

Using 3D content and visual effects for evaluation of new concepts

ChatGPT generated drone flying over Rome

IMAGINOVA offers assistanse within several design arenas. As an example, we have designed, 3D printed, manufactured and flown our own Avioni autonomous drone concept. Currently, AI has been taken into use as a support tool, epecially for quick illustration purposes, like in the image above.

IMAGINOVA can assist within a range of creative design processes, including 3D prints of customer design concepts and constructions.

3D DESIGN SAMPLES

The following 3D artwork designs are samples from IMAGINOVA, made by designer Andreas Fjell All models are currently located on the Sketchfab site.

Sea Wraith

Andreas comments: “The Sea Wraith is a VTOL close air support vehicle developed for coastal defense and carrier escort. Fitted with four 40mm autocannons and high-powered jamming systems, it provides the fleet with a strong suite of countermeasures against hostile drone swarms and cruise missiles.” This is a vehicle inspired by classic cold-war era engineering insanity as well as the oddball machines of the Red Alert universe with a dash of the flying contraptions of Studio Ghibli.

Independence Day City Destroyer

Inspired by the Independence Day movie, Andreas has 3D modeled the Independence Day City Destroyer, and animated its terrible death ray weapon. If you want to go straight to it, click the animation arrow button and select the "Animated deathray" annotation. Then, the model will reposition to allow you see it. Fullscreen is really scary. Enjoy!

Ozymandias 2119

Modeling and texturing by Andreas Fjell, designed by Mike Schovitz the great and powerful. Desert materials by Silusanders, Nicolas Millot, mottomo.jk, and gametextures.com. See Andreas' blog why he created this model and how he did it

De Havviland Vampire

The Vampire jet fighter was used by Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1948 to 1955. This type is actually flown by Knut T. Fjell, Andreas' grandfather!

Independence Day Alien Attacker

Here is the Independence Day Alien Attacker, as it appeared in the movie. Have a look at the VIDEO SAMPLE page to see a clip of the Alien Attacker in its right environment.

VIDEO SAMPLE

Spark Engine Machinima: The Attacker

Sample from IMAGINOVA production by Andreas Fjell on Vimeo. It shows the Independence Day Alien Attacker. It is placed in the Spark game engine made by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The hangar scene is modeled from the Independence Day movie.

3D PRINTING

IMAGINOVA offers 3D prototype printout services. It is a simple and effective way of demonstrating your idea, or to test prototypes that do not need metal strength. We offer assistance along your design path, from idea to printed model.

The Ultimaker2

See how it works

Independence Day 3D Print Timelapse. The Ultimaker2 is a well proven and reliable printer for 3D printing up to 20x21x23cm prototypes. In most cases, smaller models is more than enough for illustrating your design ideas.

AVIONI DRONES

IMAGINOVA design, manufacture and fly our own autonomous drones. We develop prototypes of new concepts for autonomous drones for specific purposes. Physical implementations are a mix of purchased standard "quadcopter" electronics, mechanical parts and our 3D designed and printed custom parts.

The Avioni1 (below) is the first of three stages in our drone development plan. It flew its first autonomous mission test Nov. 2, 2020.

Avioni first autonomous flight

Avioni2 - the new version

Basic components installed: PixRacer flight controller, GPS/Glonass, FrSky receiver, Telemetry, DJI O3 Air unit with camera (for FPV flying), and an additional GoPro camera for movie missions.

Why not making your own drone? While building Avioni, I collected some bookmarks useful for drone building. Be welcome, if you need it - use it!

FrSky S.Port signals test rig

"With a litte help from my friend ..."

Here: Verifying correct signals and power consumption for the central module before finalizing wiring and connections.

Thanks to Harald Horn at Ferrx for loan of equipment and patience.

IMAGINOVA RACING

Among IMAGINOVA leisure activities is Roadracing. It's the perfect way of NOT to think about work related problems when at the circuit. You simply can't!

The picture right is taken at Arctic Circle Raceway, Mo i Rana, the best racing circuit in Northern Europe. For racing enthusiasts, here is an on-board GoPro recording from the Arctic Championship July 2021 2-lap Sprint run

Once in life you must do the ultimate thing, like driving at the legendary Mugello track. In this case, participating in the Ducati Riding Academy DRE experience. Here, you get the chance to ride a factory new Ducati, guided by world class instructors. I got a Panigale V2, Bayliss signed and numbered bike, as shown in the picture.
Included in the One-to-One course was a personalised video from the one day event.

In the winter season, there are other means for practicing, like playing MotoGP21 on Playstation. It's a good way to prepare for new tracks. As an example, the following link is clip from a 3 lap Playstation race at the famous Mugello MotoGP track. The picture right is a ChatGPT generated picture from the same track, from the notorious Arrabiata2 blind turn

ChatGPT generated picture from Arrabiata2 at Mugello

Imaginova at Audi Experience day at Silverstone, UK.

Car driving is for obvious reasons much safer, so we tried Audi Experience Day at Silverstone, UK.

There were a lot of people there from other companies that also needed a "day off" from the daily threadmill. According to their happy faces during the event, we recommend this before contacting a psychotherapist.

There are some few alternatives in Norway, so why not go for it! Both Vålerbanen and Rudskogen offer events that will make you smile.

ABOUT IMAGINOVA

Imaginova AS was founded May 27, 2016 and is located in Trondheim, Norway. The company has (by Oct 2023) been terminated, but we continue our work on a leisure basis, working with the same activities. Therefore, we now identify us with the name "Imaginova Concept Design Team"
Whenever there is a need for making some "physical stuff" like electronics or 3D printouts, we have the necessary tools to do so at our own premises. This is especially invaluable for our drone design activities, which comprises both. Send us a message to get in touch.

Andreas Fjell

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Visual Design artist, with specialization within Digital Special Effects and Computer Graphics Imagery. He produces 3D design and visual effects, targeted for the gaming industry, currently for the Age of Space game, via his Fjell3D sole proprietorship. Andreas can contribute in 3D design targeted for 3D printout, and also assist in movie recording and production.

Background: Bachelor (Hons) in Digital Visual Effects from University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Knut-Olav Fjell

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Concept developer and Imaginova Manager, responsible for economy, admin, marketing; like this WEB pages. Can assist with idea development and design based innovation concepts and 3D CAD content integration issues.

Background: NTNU Cybernetics. Practice: Instrumentation systems, GIS, Oil&Gas value chain, Work processes, Industrial Gaming, 3D Design and Visualization.

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We rely on design based innovation

Collaboration on design solutions to specific challenges
Visual demonstration of conceptual design solutions
Production modeling 3D content for the game industry
Verifying design ideas by physical 3D printouts
Contribute in design and assembly of drone concepts

We can assist in activities related to

Video footage recording
Visual effects design (VFX)