An Oculus Rift VR Experience at Texas A&M University
We are pleased to announce completion of an Oculus Rift virtual reality experience for ParkWest, the new $368 million, mixed-use, luxury student housing community at Texas A&M University.
Introducing the Immerse Framework: Building Blocks for Creating Interactive Virtual Environments with Unity
Today we’re excited to introduce the Immerse Framework, a toolkit of building blocks for creating interactive and multi-user virtual environments. New users can quickly bring their projects to life with interactivity without writing a single line of code, while advanced users can easily extend Immerse with a limitless range of functionality. Immerse can save developers thousands of dollars and months of time they would otherwise spend building these same elements from scratch.
Introducing the ‘Cost Estimation Tool’ for Virtual Reality Architectural Visualization Projects
The value of virtual reality in architecture, real estate and construction industries is becoming increasingly well known, and what everyone wants to know is, “how much does it cost?” To help simplify the estimation process, we developed the ‘Cost...
Real Estate Development is Virtually Changing
Another nice article about architectural visualization and real estate development marketing by Arch Virtual with Oculus Rift – this time in Dream Town – covering the future of real estate development, construction and architecture. “Thanks to motion...[Oculus Rift Download] Sketch Concept: Animated Particle Architecture
Here’s a quick VR sketch we did for Oculus Rift, tinkering with animated particles. Be sure to have your headphones on! PC download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5720342/Arch-Virtual-Sketch-Concept-2.zip Mac...11 Quick Oculus Rift Development Tips for Architectural Visualization
These are just a few areas we’ve discovered to be opportunities we need to continue working on while developing architectural visualization projects for the Oculus Rift.
Architectural Visualization with Unity3D and Oculus Rift (from Revit) Redux
Oculus Rift demo download link! We’re hard at work ironing out the pipeline and workflow between Revit and Unity3D, publishing real-time architectural visualization projects that can be accessed on a simple web browser. Being able to publish the same build out to Oculus Rift is the icing on the virtual cake, where we can explore designs in immersive 3D.
10 Reasons Second Life is a Killer App for Oculus Rift, and why OpenSim will get there first
Second Life is a killer app for Oculus VR. Now, before you skip ahead to post a comment about how SL has been overrun by furries and 14 year olds, take a moment to scroll through these screenshots, and watch some of the machinima below.
Oculus Rift a Game Changer for Architectural Visualization and Design
“WOW!” Seems to be an almost universal reaction to a first experience trying on the new Oculus Rift VR headset. Seeing a players first experience with Rift is always interesting to see, as the player gradually becomes immersed, suspending their disbelief, and becoming part of the virtual environment.
13 Predictions for 2013
I generally tend to be bullish on the future of virtual technologies, but I just don’t see 2013 being a big year for this industry. I think we will likely see more of the same across the board. That doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a bad year for...