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PocketCake Moves Towards Next Frontier with Introduction of Virtual
Reality to Architectural Firms Using the Oculus Rift
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook's recent $2
billion acquisition of Oculus VR is further validation of virtual
reality's place in a host of industries, including gaming, medicine,
the military, education and architecture. The Oculus Rift's arrival
has ushered in a new age for virtual reality, one in which motion
sickness and the high cost of clumsy equipment are afterthoughts and
users can inhabit a real space, walking wherever they want.
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PocketCake was among the first developers to receive an Oculus Rift
development kit. It wasn't long before the company discovered its
niche: architecture. Among an architect's greatest challenges is
conveying their designs to a client. PocketCake has learned that
multiple aspects of a finished project are typically different than a
client envisioned due to the ineffectiveness of traditional
illustrations. While a traditional illustration sufficiently
demonstrates proportion, it cannot relay scale. A virtual reality
simulation of a 3D model accomplishes both - for a cost that's
comparable to traditional illustrations.
Over the past several months, PocketCake has introduced virtual
reality to 23 architectural firms nationwide. PocketCake has converted
3D models of sports stadiums, fairgrounds, commercial buildings and
custom homes into stunning virtual simulations.
In addition, PocketCake is developing VRSCA, a mobile workstation
optimized for frame rate frequency, which allows multiple people to
experience virtual reality at the same time, whether they're in the
same room or scattered across the globe.
For more information about PocketCake, please visit its website at
www.pocketcake.com.
Follow PocketCake on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/pocketcake.
Read more news from PocketCake.
CONTACT
Jim Bassett Project Manager PH 816.288.7544 Email
SOURCE PocketCake
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