Architecture & VR

You can't have missed it, VR is going to be big, and I am not just talking gaming, but the whole gambit of VR is going to touch all aspects of viewing not only video, and games, but Architecture, manufacturing and dare I say Medicine.

But lets take the two I am interested in Architecture and Manufacturing. A few years ago I went to Manchester to see the CAVE environment at Manchester University, and was literally blown apart by being so immersed inside a building, and being able to touch and move objects, it was clunky and slow, plus the hardware was not cheap. But that is changing and I for one will be watching it with interest. I have purchased a card Google holder, and hope to report on the unwrapping and use in future blogs.

I have shown and talked about the World Builder video for so long, it's what I envision the next generation of Cad to be, and Oculus Rift and the others are pushing that reality forward. I would explore you to track Scoble who is this week moving from Backspace to a VR Media company called Upload VR, and its here I have loaded up my request for their news letter.

So how can we move from the present CAD programs to a world of VR, do we need to some might ask. I think so, but there will be a slow migration from our current Cad to what I perceive in the film World Builder.

VR & AR set to change the world 2016

If there is to be a major change in the way Architectural Schemes are prepared and used, and AR & VR, Augmented and Virtual Reality products are set to be at the heart of it all.

Who ever says that VR is just gaming has not used a Ocular Rift device, to view a scheme, or just play a game, the realtiy is so good you do actually feel immersed into the reality. An article posted by  Huda Salman on Linkedin "The 10 Most Important VR/AR Developments of 2015", is an excellent read and well worth an hours CPD, just reading the article and following up on the many links to understand VR and AR.

But its the next life of both AR & VR that I see as the real game changer for Architecture. Remember the video World Builder by BranitFX and Lucamax Pictures, I showed a long while ago, well given the
way we I see the current level of Technology, I just don't see how it will be that long before we get a CAD package that allows just this and more. I have loaded the video below. Its not the astory, although thats a weepy, but the way he designs,

I can also see clearly that Virtual, the complete digital world, and Augmented, the digital overlay on photo or Video, will merge to allow us to use this technology to the fullest.

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