VR in R Block
See below for tutorials and other useful information relating to VR in R Block
You can book use of a Met Quest 3 VR Headset to use with your Twinmotion visualisations.
Using the latest VR hardware and visualisation software students can explore the phenomenology of their designs.
Being able to virtually explore a digital building allows the designer greater depth and insight into scale, lighting, sensation, movement, emotional response, and materiality.
You can book a VR session on the R Block large screen by contacting patrick.thornhill@uwe.ac.uk and other technicians listed below.
How to setup your design in Twinmotion and use VR
Photogrammetry reality capture with your phone
Step 1 – import your CAD model into Twinmotion. You can use SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, or any CAD modeler to create 3D models to
Setting up the large VR screen with the Quest 3 headset
Photogrammetry reality capture with your phone
Support Technicians
My expertise is focused towards Computational Architectural Technology / BIM. My main areas of support are: Parametric Design, Revit, Grasshopper, Rhino, AutoCAD, Twinmotion, Enscape, Arduino, Soildworks, 3DPrinting
My expertise is focused towards Product / Industrial Design including supporting the Adobe Creative Suite, SolidWorks, Rhino, Keyshot, etc. I can also support the preparation of files for 3D printing in R Block – Frenchay Campus.
My areas of expertise are AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, VR, Twinmotion, Solidworks, Sketchup, Navisworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Keyshot, 3D Printing.
Justin Robbins
BIM / CAD & Immersive Technologies Technical Instructor
Room 2R026
justin.robbins@uwe.ac.uk
My expertise is Building Information Management (BIM). My main areas of support are: Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Infraworks, After Effects, Photoshop, Virtual Reality hardware, Pointcloud/Laserscans, CAVE(Cave Automatic Virtual Environment)
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