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“Thrilled to present a high-fidelity product visualization created for Govind Industries using Unreal Engine 5! Leveraging real-time ray tracing, advanced lighting systems, and PBR (physically based rendering) materials, we’ve pushed the boundaries of digital product representation. The power of UE5’s Lumen and Nanite enabled us to achieve photorealistic details and smooth, interactive viewing experiences, essential for accurately visualizing complex design and engineering features. Excited to drive new levels of realism and interactivity in product development and client presentations. If you’re looking to get your product out there and showcase it with stunning visuals, do connect with me. Let’s bring your vision to life! #UnrealEngine5 #RayTracing #ProductVisualization #DigitalTwin #GovindIndustries”

Ahoy! My Surveying Sea Dogs and BIM Buccaneers! The crew and I are on the brink of unveiling our latest 'Playflows', bringing even more life to our Pirate Cove adventure with some fairy magic. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the final steps in our incredible journey. Join us as we take the Mesh produced by Cupix Vista and begin laying the groundwork for a “Fairy Garden VR environment”. How? by sculpting the mesh in VR of course. ☠ Now if this doesn't shiver your timbers than best to keep a sharp eye on the horizon this April, as our first YouTube series will illuminate your creative curiosities. Everything from our own Cupix tutorials and how to get started, to the astonishing VR landscapes we have been playing in these last few weeks. Step by step, we’ll help you get your sea legs with these incredible tools. Enhance your meta-seafaring skills and embark on new, yet-to-be-charted adventures. "Pirate Cove | The Interoperability Adventure" series promises to help you navigate the seamless integration of various software platforms. This adventure will not only reveal the magic behind transforming an Insta360 video into a living, breathing Pirate Cove via Cupix Vista but will also explore our other play-flows within Autodesk Recap, Revit, Rhino, and the realms of Twinmotion and Epic Games Unreal Engine just to name a few. Set sail with us this April and share in the adventure. Remember, It's not just for you salty AEC professionals but for audiences of all ages. We’re charting a new course for the next generation of digital creators here. So, hoist the colors high and spread the word. TinkerTV's maiden voyage into Pirate Cove is about to begin! #cupixvista #GamingBIM #AECGamification #DigitalConstruction #InteroperabilityAdventure #MinecraftArchitecture #UnrealEngine #MetaverseConstruction #BIMGamingCrossover

We travelled over 40,000km (25,000mi) in the month of April with Shapr3D 🤯 Heres how it went: These trips included: 4 Apple Vision Pros ✅ 13 customer visits ✅ My huge 50 pound suitcase ✅ 1 wifi router (which I lost) ✅ Coffee ✅ Minivan ✅ Over 25 airports ✅ We first scaled across Europe, from Budapest over to the UK to our friends at Kenwood Limited and then over to Germany. Then we set out on a US tour from Virginia to my home state of Kentucky. Then over to LA and SanFran. Finishing off with Germany and Paris. I still don't think I've recovered from the jetlag but we did come away with something great. We found that the story of Shapr3D resonates now more than ever. Being able to cover an entire design process, end to end, is what companies need in today's competitive market. For example, we often came across use cases needing up to 4 to 5 different tools to model, create visualizations, map out 2D drawings and review designs. Shapr3D allows for all of these processes to stay in one application. With the addition of the Vision Pro, it ties the whole process together on a new level. It was an honor to meet so many of the worlds best and reputable designers. Thank you to all and for sharing your ideas and feedback. This is only the beginning of the new chapter of Shapr3D 💥 István Csanády Maya Weinstock Akos Kapui Mátyás Barsi Sebastian Cachia Dorottya Vincze-Orel Peter Kocs Samuele Meda #visionpro #cad #spatialcomputing #3dmodelling #design #vr #ar

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Non-Traditional 3D Modeling Techniques": This article delves into unconventional methods and tools in 3D modeling, showcasing how thinking outside the box can lead to innovative and captivating results. "From Pixels to Masterpieces: The Art of 3D Modeling in Gaming": This piece explores the pivotal role of 3D modeling in game development, highlighting the creative process behind designing immersive virtual worlds and characters that captivate players. "Designing Tomorrow: 3D Modeling's Impact on Future Urban Development": Here, I discuss how 3D modeling technology is revolutionizing urban planning and architecture, allowing designers to visualize and simulate future cityscapes with unprecedented accuracy and detail.

Here's preview of video straight from #GDC2024 showcasing the massive scale, AAA quality and fast rendering of the terrain system from our groundbreaking new 3D landscape product Storm. For Unity, metaverse, digital twinning and custom architectural design & visualisation workflow environments. We can port to Unreal too! - Virtual texturing and clip map meshing system with fixed memory and render costs - Mesh blending, snapping, and object capture for baking things like roads and decals without render cost or z-fighting - Enhanced tessellation and displacement - Massive draw distances Storm replaces Unity terrain system and rendering engine, accelerates and increases graphics capabilities by up to 100X (that's 10,000% including frame rate!). Capabilities include optional runtime generation at up to earth size, instant ingestion and procedural landscape instantiation of real world terrain data such as satellite imagery, height maps, GIS data inc building envelope and road networks (basically any data you can throw at it!).

Thrilled to share that I had the opportunity to present our paper titled "A Comparative Case Study to Assess the Costs and Benefits of VR Use during Preconstruction MEP Coordination" today at the ASCE Construction Research Congress 2024. #cicrc2024 #asce My research advisors, Renate Fruchter, and Martin Fischer, and I analyzed a 5-month-long implementation of virtual reality (VR) for MEP design reviews during preconstruction to answer whether VR-based design reviews complement traditional MEP coordination with 3D clash detections. We identified 55% of buildability issues and 93% of operability issues identified in VR were previously missed in 3D clash detections. Through comparative analysis, we quantified the cost savings from preventable field rework, change orders, and requests for information. Special thanks to CIFE - Center for Integrated Facility Engineering for funding this project and DPR Construction for providing us with unique access to conduct a comparative case study on their project. I look forward to hearing feedback from the industry and academia! 🔗 Full paper: https://lnkd.in/gCjBwKX6

"Excited to share my first project on LinkedIn – a fully realized city environment created using Unreal Engine! 🚀🌆 This scene showcases my skills in 3D modeling, lighting, and real-time rendering. I'm thrilled to continue exploring the endless possibilities of virtual environments and pushing the boundaries of digital creation. Looking forward to connecting with fellow creators and professionals in the industry! #UnrealEngine #3DArt #CityEnvironment #RealTimeRendering #GameDevelopment #VirtualWorlds #UE4 #DigitalArt"

Let's look at the latest trends and developments in visualisation and 3D rendering: ✔️ VR/AR Integration - the demand for cutting-edge 3D rendering software will only continue to rise ✔️ AI-Powered Rendering - AI algorithms optimises rendering processes, enhance image quality, and predict scene lighting and materials ✔️Cloud-Based Rendering Services - enables designers to offload intensive rendering tasks to powerful remote servers ✔️Real-Time Rendering - real-time rendering has become a reality with powerful GPUs and optimised algorithms #AutoCAD #AutoCAD2024 #AutodeskAutoCAD #ModenaOneSolve #OneSolve #Autodesk #OptimisationSolutions #DataDriven #Consulting #DataManagement

More great research highlighting the value and importance of #VR for construction projects.

AI is amazing for planning and design, but Procedural Generation (which has been around for a while longer) allows for rapid design and manipulation of realistic urban models. A plugin for the ubiquitous 3D design tool Blender, this is already being used for games, simulations and even urban planning. What do you think of this approach? Many thanks to Bilawal Sidhu for originally sharing this video to LinkedIn #urbanplanning #stakeholderengagement #smartcities