Abstract
Abstract. Interactive 3D architectural indoor design have been more popular after it benefited from Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. VR brings computer-generated 3D content to real life scale and enable users to observe immersive indoor environments so that users can directly modify it. This opportunity enables buyers to purchase a property off-the-plan cheaper through virtual models. Instead of showing property through 2D plan or renders, this visualized interior architecture of an on-sale unbuilt property is demonstrated beforehand so that the investors have an impression as if they were in the physical building. However, current applications either use highly resource consuming software, or are non-interactive, or requires specialist to create such environments. In this study, we have created a real-estate purposed low-cost high quality fully interactive VR application that provides a realistic interior architecture of the property by using free and lightweight software: Sweet Home 3D and Unity. A preliminary study showed that participants generally liked proposed real estate-purposed VR application, and it satisfied the expectation of the property buyers.
Highlights
Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most popular technology that has been currently used in real estate
There are many studies about VR application that visualize the indoor environment of a construction in the literature
The graphical user interface (GUI) is appeared when the user presses the button on hand-held controller
Summary
Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most popular technology that has been currently used in real estate. Purchasing a property through a 2D plan causes undoable investment plan To overcome these limitations, the interior architecture of an on-sale property must be demonstrated beforehand so that the investors have an impression as if they were in the building. It allows users to visualize interior and walk along it, and possibly to change the its properties according to the user’s demands such as changing flooring, wall colours and so on Creating such a virtual environment requires some specialists and highly resource consuming software such as SketchUp, 3ds Max, Blender, etc. In addition to free and lightweight software, the only equipment we need to realize such application is a VR headset that allows us to feel as if we are wandering in a fully architectured building with realistic interior views
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