Beyond the Realities of Reality: The Newest Techniques in Design Visualization

Following years of burning anticipation, virtual reality for all has a date on the calendar. The promised date – make that timeframe – is the first quarter of 2016. During those three months, hardware that makes virtual reality possible joins up with software to launch design visualization into realms previously impossible to reach. Who are the companies, what are the offerings and the sorts of hardware needed to launch virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality in your firm? Below are previews of upcoming releases from Autodesk, Configura and Trimble, along with examples of hardware to help make the technology a reality. However, the beginnings of realistically depicting reality go back a few centuries. Dazzling the eye into perceiving drawings on flat surfaces as dimensional goes back to the first century B.C. Therese Oneill wrote in the week.com that painting photo-realistically began earlier than most thought. Her story cites a still …