Virtual reality (VR) isn’t just disrupting the gaming industry because when it comes to design, VR is opening new worlds for modern designers. Architects, for example, have replaced their miniature cardboard and paper models with VR walkthroughs. It compels designers to use VR hardware to immerse themselves in their own creations and get a better sense of what it would be like to live, work or drive in their new project.
VR is also attracting huge interest from consumers, with VR hardware sales growing from $1.4 billion in 2016 to $2.4 billion in 2017, which was documented in our post on ‘Innovative Virtual Reality Companies and Their Neat Presentation Websites’. VR is no longer just for gamers, and with new advanced hardware, it is gradually becoming an indispensable tool for designers.
It’s the immersive aspect of VR, in particular, that attracts designers, and new VR technologies are disrupting the industry. Tech Crunch explains that the ability to prototype virtually and make changes in real-time prior to creating full-scale models can help save a lot of time, money and effort. As such, high-end desktop-level portable VR solutions are being developed to help product designers, and architects, among many others, take the first step into VR design. Built for free movement, the HP VR Backpack G2 is arguably the closest commercially available product that comes close to true virtual reality.
It delivers the closest thing to true VR freedom by providing designers with an easy to use end-to-end VR solution to help them visualize spaces and products, at scale, in a simulated environment. This not only improves but also speeds up product design and development.
This is where Ford motors are looking to go with its product development and their designers are already experimenting with creating cars in a virtual reality room, using portable VR equipment. With the help of a controller, designers can gesture in the air to draw, manipulate, augment and rotate a sketch to view it from every angle.
They can even step inside the vehicle themselves to get a feel of what it’s like inside the cabin. Ford says that the VR tool can accelerate the design process from weeks to hours, and enables a more human-centric car design. The technology is also meant to bridge the long-standing divide between designers and engineers who often butt heads over what is possible or practical in vehicle development and consequently, makes it easier to spot design problems early on.
When it comes to designing spaces, Medium outlines how VR technology has immense potential for architects and designers. One of the biggest challenges faced by architects is convincing clients that their design works. The bigger the project the more stakeholders and the more people will be involved in the decision-making process. Getting them all to agree is often time-consuming and inefficient, to say the least.
This is where an end-to-end VR solution like the VR backpack mentioned earlier becomes a valuable tool. Architects can design the space in VR at an accelerated pace, and then use the same technology to provide clients with a virtual, immersive walkthrough, rather than use passive 3D renderings and models, to effectively communicate their ideas.
As we’ve seen VR is gradually becoming an essential tool for designers, engineers and everyone involved in the development process. With low startup costs and easy to use hardware and software, VR provides a competitive edge and is bringing designers, engineers and end-users together to revolutionize the world of design.
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