Audience

Architects, Engineering Firm Project Managers and Designers.

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.

Current Situation:

Physical miniature or 3D computer graphic-rendered  images or videos are not intuitive enough to communicate with non-professional people.

Why Gap Occurred ?

Average people cannot convert 2d sequences into 3d or miniature into true scale in their brain.

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

Example:

• AECOM uses InstaVR created apps on Gear VRs at community meetings to get public responses to their proposed projects. They also create high quality fire drill simulations before building.

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

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.

Further Reading:

AECOM Customer Success Story

InstaVR Announces Compatibility with Rendering in Autodesk A360

How to Create a VR App Using Autodesk A360 and InstaVR

What is 360 Panorama Stereoscopic Cubemap? 

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