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What are the benefits of Virtual Reality in Architecture?
Experiencing what space looks and feels like
Virtual Reality allows us to accurately experience what it would be like to live and work in the architecture we design. Whilst 2D floorplans allow you to see the sizes and spatial configurations of design proposals, they do not communicate how tall spaces are, how bright they are and what it is like to experience a space in real time.
-Less costly design charges during construction
Virtual reality architects are able to take our clients on a journey through their future architecture. This means that there are less costly design changes during the construction process as the client has fully comprehended the constraints of the space, so there are no surprises when seeing it in real life on site.
-Experiencing space during different times of day and seasons
Just as demonstrated in Your Home Made Perfect, virtual reality architects can change the time of day and the seasons to show how the experience of being in a space will change throughout the day and year and design architecture to best serve that.
-Experimenting with different design options in real-time
Virtual reality serves as a tool for the client and architect to collaborate and discuss design choices. At Cherry Architects, we can change the design in real time, updating the model in front of our clients so that they can instantly experience what their suggestions would look like. Virtual reality allows us to experiment with different materials and colour pallets and to assess their effects on space before committing to a final design.
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The BBC’s popular ‘Your Home Made Perfect’ series has showcased to the masses the exciting opportunities that some architects are offering, involving virtual reality technology into the design process.
On Your Home Made Perfect, architects model their design concepts in 3-dimension then, putting on headsets, clients can place themselves into the space as if they are really there! Through viewing their new house extensions in 3D they can understand exactly what it would be like if the design were to become a reality.
As Your Home Made Perfect architects have demonstrated, regardless of budget, VR shows how their spatial problems can be solved through good design and clever layout strategies, which would be difficult on a 2D drawing.
Visualisation is not just about using VR headsets. There are many other effective ways of exploring space!
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Virtual reality headsets are the most popular way of exploring virtual reality as they allow our clients to immerse themselves fully inside a room. They can move their head up and down and side to side and the view will respond as if they are standing in a space
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