Virtual Reality (VR) for ARCHICAD

Mate Marozsan
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni

Virtual Reality (VR) technology is becoming an essential part of the project and the design process in the AEC industry. VR enables all audiences to perceive spaces in the easiest way. It is a good tool for communicating the design to clients and also a way to collaborate with other stakeholders during the design process. VR can offer a solution to everyone to discuss design decisions online in a time saving, efficient way.

To save time in choosing a VR solution, we created the chart below. It presents an overview of software solutions that connect ARCHICAD with VR in a straightforward way.

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Connection
Native ARCHICAD support
 
 
 
 
 
ARCHICAD Add-in (Plugin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARCHICAD LiveSync
 
 
 
 
 
 
BIMx Hyper-Model
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Editing options
Material library
 
 
 
 
 
 
Object library
 
 
 
 
 
 
Set Date/Time in VR
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change weather in VR
 
 
 
 
 
 
Section planes
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hide single objects
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
View modes
Walking mode
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fly-Through mode
 
 
 
 
 
 
X-ray mode
 
 
 
 
 
 
360° VR Image/Video
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Project coordination
Online multi user collaboration in VR
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coordination reports
 
 
 
 
 
 
3D Mark ups
 
 
 
 
 
 
BIM Object Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
4D Construction Simulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Project portability
Portable standalone file
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
Supported hardware
HTC Vive /Pro/
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oculus Rift
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oculus Go
 
 
 
 
 
 
Windows Mixed Reality
 
 
 
 
 
 
Google Cardboard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supported OS
Windows
 
 
 
 
 
 
macOS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mobile application
iOS / Android
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comments
Braut18seven
Participant

Is it still possible to access BIM Object Data in Twinmotion? Would really appreciate any help. 

Steven
Contributor

Hi, 

 

Currently we use MacBook Pro in the office. I have been doing some reading on VR and its compatibility with Apple and currently the HTC Vive is the only Mac compatible VR headset. Is this a plug and play compatibility or do we still need to install Windows? Anyone had experiences with this?

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