Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This is an introductory video about how architects can visualize their designs in virtual reality (VR) as easily as possible. It was created for the course "Digital Modelling II" at the Bern University of Applied Sciences architecture department in Switzerland.
The method is a two-step process:
- First, we build a viewer app for mobile VR headsets that support the OpenXR standard. We only must do this once. This step takes about 10 min.
- Second, we build the architectural scene and upload it to a server without a connection to a headset. This scene and any other available can be downloaded and explored in the headset. This build and upload process is much faster and allows also, that the uploaded scenes can be shared with other users. With this VR viewer, one can visit and link 3D spaces like one can view and link websites with a web browser. This step takes about 20 min. for the example project shown in this tutorial.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:38 Open Project
03:25 Build for Viewer
06:43 Test the Viewer
08:56 Import Model
12:00 Create a new Scene
13:26 Place Model
15:41 Set Teleporting
16:27 Build for Upload
18:07 Test the Upload
21:11 Bake Lighting
24:11 Test Baked Scene
25:49 Outlook
This is an introductory video about how architects can visualize their designs in virtual reality (VR) as easily as possible. It was created for the course "Digital Modelling II" at the Bern University of Applied Sciences architecture department in Switzerland.
The method is a two-step process:
- First, we build a viewer app for mobile VR headsets that support the OpenXR standard. We only must do this once. This step takes about 10 min.
- Second, we build the architectural scene and upload it to a server without a connection to a headset. This scene and any other available can be downloaded and explored in the headset. This build and upload process is much faster and allows also, that the uploaded scenes can be shared with other users. With this VR viewer, one can visit and link 3D spaces like one can view and link websites with a web browser. This step takes about 20 min. for the example project shown in this tutorial.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:38 Open Project
03:25 Build for Viewer
06:43 Test the Viewer
08:56 Import Model
12:00 Create a new Scene
13:26 Place Model
15:41 Set Teleporting
16:27 Build for Upload
18:07 Test the Upload
21:11 Bake Lighting
24:11 Test Baked Scene
25:49 Outlook
