6:30-8:30p
At U.Group, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20036.
Note: Building doors lock at 7pm. We ask that you arrive prior to that time for the event.
Join local architects for a night of virtual reality demonstrations during Architecture Week, featuring design walkthroughs, historic virtual tours, 360° Photography, and more.
***For architects and firms interested in participating, we are seeking exhibitors for the evening. For information, contact David Werner or Toni Lem before Friday, April 19.
2 LU. Free. Pre-registration is required below.
Learning Objectives:
• Participants will examine the BIM revolution in architecture, Revit plugins (Enscape, Iris, Cl3ver, Live), game engine integration and the process for creating Virtual Reality walk-throughs for projects.
• Participants will consider the benefits of using Virtual Reality, including better client and consultant communication, better design through being able to experience the project as an end-user and more thorough QA/QC of BIM models.
• Participants will examine using Virtual Reality during site documentation and site analysis using 3D scanning and point clouds.
• Participants will experiment with various Virtual Reality technologies demonstrated by various developers.
This event is open to the public and organized by AIA Northern Virginia Young Architects Forum and the DC Virtual Reality Meetup in celebration of Architecture Week. For information on all our Architecture Week activities, click here.