Virtual Reality used to be a futuristic super-technology we had chance to see in sci-fi movies. Today, it has a wide range of applications, with leaders of the industry like Samsung, HTC, Microsoft and Google launching their commercial VR goggles line-ups. The capabilities of VR, however, go beyond the realms of entertainment. Virtual Reality is moving the world of design and architecture over once unimaginable limits. These are the main benefits of VR in the architectural industry.
From hand drafting to 3D models and VR
The evolution of architectural visualization begins with hand drafting that some veterans on the job still remember doing. Once it was taught at schools as an essential skill for architects and civil engineers. After came hand rendering which, although easier, was still an arduous process. The introduction of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) which paved the way to 3D Building Information Modelling has saved many hours that would have otherwise been wasted on hand rendering. Now, by taking an existing 3D model that is already made for construction documents, it is easy to upgrade it with photorealistic rendering that changes the way we experience building models.
Feeling the VR space
Virtual Reality offers a better spatial awareness than any other technology we’ve ever seen before. While architects are used to imagining the 3rd dimension from 2D drawings, there is the client-architect gap that many people find hard to overcome. By using VR, people with no ‘architect’s brain’ can become fully immersed in the model and truly feel the pace from the inside. This ability to experience every inch of a space before it’s even built is truly revolutionary. More importantly, it allows clients to see how all the spaces relate to each other.
Expediting the approval
In many cases, an architect has a great idea that they have difficulties conveying to a client. A rendering can help up to a point, but it often takes many repetitions and extra work to get a client’s approval. If you are already 3D modelling the building for construction documents, giving your client a VR tour will save you many hours in front of the screen. Allowing them to experience the final product in VR will make clients instantly more informed, and likely more excited to speed up the approval process. This is something that Australian architects know well. So you can find experienced architects in Melbourne offering virtual 3D tours to their clients.
Spotting hidden issues
Another fantastic benefit of being able to experience the space through VR is that it can reveal to both designers and owners potential issues that would otherwise pass unnoticed. Those issues are most likely to be aesthetic, or related to user-experience, where the owner has an issue with space functionality. A VR tour becomes a base on which the design team can work together with the client to come to the best solution, making the building more user-friendly and visually pleasing to the investor.
Unprecedented marketing tool
Multi-family and public projects often require large amounts of marketing. Today, a premium VR set can get people excited about a project and makes it stand out among the others. By taking a virtual walk through the apartments, potential tenants can see for themselves exactly how each apartment will feel like and how much space it offers. While attractive and inspiring, photographs can never truly convey the spatial experience of VR. If you post virtual tours online, a potential tenant can make a decision from their home, with no need to tour a space in person.
With advances in mobile technology that make high-resolution imagery widely accessible, Virtual Reality building tours have exploded in past several years. By offering the clients a fully-immersive and natural experience of space, it helps to overcome the once notorious client-architect gap.
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But why is that so?There are certainly a few factors playing a role in this matter.
We see nowadays more and more students who must undergo specific training programs offered by future employers before being hired despite them having completed the required academic education.This is particularly the case with young electrical engineers.
In contrast to what most think, this technology is not that young.
Around 2010 VR regained its attention and could finally become available to everyone.
For instance, VR is helping people who have suffered leg injuries to regain their ability to walk in a shorter time than traditional therapies and with much less pain.
Retail and e-commerce are popular and fast-growing industries that utilize the complete benefits of Augmented and Virtual Reality in the market.
A report from Statistica states that Augmented Reality (AR) in Retail will be equal to $80 billion by the next year it seems!The possible and best outcomes of this technology are here to help businesses with offering real-time experience to an intuitive virtual world that allows customers to experience a completely different world which they require!Augmented and Virtual Reality are here to change the Retail and E-commerce industry to a greater level.
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Today edge cloud architecture has become increasingly important as it fosters the application of self-driving cars and video-streaming Alexa-type digital assistants.
Whatever it can do is because of the Internet Of Things (IoT)devices.As these devices incorporate competent decision-making skills and analytics, they continue to grow in fame.
But all the instruments and tasks that they foster may curate lump-sum data.
This, in turn, demands more bandwidth, compute power, and high-speed memory that is closer to the users and the devices.Unearth the emerging edge cloud architecture with us and how it continues to shake out in the contemporary era.
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The global virtual mirror market size is expected to reach USD 17.09 billion by 2025, registering a CAGR of 25.6% from 2019 to 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc.
These mirrors have helped turn the cumbersome process of shopping into an engaging activity as they incorporate interesting interactive features.
Their features, shape, integration, and ease of use vary depending on the type of end-use industry.
Retail stores are expected to benefit through the installation of such mirrors to a great extent, as the data pertaining to customer preferences and factors influencing buying decision are expected to provide crucial insights for developing marketing strategies.
In automobiles, virtual windscreen and side/exterior mirrors are expected to provide a sleek frame design.
This will allow users to access features such as zooming into the background for a wider view, as opposed to the traditional side mirrors.
Do you know why microservice design is so popular within the development of BI tools? The answer is clear: it helps to develop scalable and flexible solutions. But microservice architecture has a great drawback. Its performance usually requires great improvements.
The FreshCode team also faced the problem and I've decided to show how we coped with it. The article is written together with FreshCode CTO and based on our recent case of development reporting microservice.
You will find here its tech scheme, estimates, as well as a list of tools for on-premise and SaaS products.
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