VR in Architecture / Engineering:
Effective and Intuitive Communication Utilizing Immersive Virtual Tours
Effective and Intuitive Communication Utilizing Immersive Virtual Tours
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Audience
Architects, Engineering Firm Project Managers and Designers.
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Goal
To communicate architecture or engineering plans, facts, expected side effects, etc effectively with professionals and non-professionals. These can be viewed by colleagues, clients, government officials, community, and the general public.
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Current Situation:
Physical miniature or 3D computer graphic-rendered images or videos are not intuitive enough to communicate with non-professional people.
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Why Gap Occurred ?
Average people cannot convert 2d sequences into 3d or miniature into true scale in their brain.
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Solution:
Introduce VR experiences by utilizing 360 stereoscopic panoramic images that can be rendered by popular software like Autodesk, VRay, and Lumion.
- High Quality 360 Video / Images with Gear VR
- Best suited for small audience of viewers
- Gear VR is a handy portable VR headset, but much more powerful than Google Cardboard
- High Quality 360 apps with Google Cardboard for wide distribution
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Required Resources:
- InstaVR Pro Account
- Exported renderings into panoramic .png, .jpg, or mp4 formats.
- For cubemaps, an Autodesk A360 account (How to Create a VR App Using Autodesk A360 and InstaVR)
- Web Browser
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Example Schedule:
- Now: Understanding how to publish to Gear VR
- Sign up for InstaVR account (1 minute)
- Complete InstaVR Tutorial (10 minutes)
- Day 1: Order Equipment
- Samsung S7 Edge
- Gear VR Head set
- Day 2: Export Renderings
- Directly if using standard platforms like Maya or 3ds Max
- Through A360 if output is cubemaps
- Day 3: Upload to InstaVR
- Day 4: Augment panoramas with informational hotspots and navigation between scenes.
- Day 5: One click-export to various platforms. For Gear VR, sideload onto devices you will be distributing.