How Architects Use VR Presentations in the Design Workflow
Where VR fits in the process
Architects typically introduce VR presentations once a design has reached schematic or design development stage, when there is enough of the model built to walk through meaningfully, rather than at the earliest concept sketches.
A VR session lets a client or stakeholder experience scale and spatial relationships that are hard to judge from 2D plans or even still renders, which often surfaces feedback earlier than a traditional review meeting would.
How it changes the review process
Design teams that use VR in their workflow report catching scale or circulation issues, like a hallway that feels tighter than expected, before those issues reach construction documents.
VR sessions typically run alongside, not instead of, traditional drawings and renders, since plans and sections remain the reference documents used for approvals and construction.
- Introduced once the model is developed enough to walk through
- Helps stakeholders judge scale and spatial relationships
- Surfaces layout and circulation issues before construction documents
- Used alongside, not as a replacement for, plans and renders
Rendimension helps teams plan this kind of work. See Virtual Reality Services for scope and pricing.