What is the Best Real-Time Engine for Architectural Visualisation?
The latest research being carried out in the Precon R&D lab is into real-time engines and the best options available for producing real-time architectural experiences. Historically we have always favoured pre-rendered stand-alone animations, this is because it is a more cost effective approach to produce highly detailed and photo-real outputs, but are things likely to change in the near future? let’s investigate… What is Pre-rendered... Read More
BIM Positive: Making BIM Work in the Real World
A short blast of internet research to gather views and opinions about the impact of BIM and intelligent models in construction will likely become much shorter than you’d planned, brought to a swift halt as you are overwhelmed by the weight of the volume of information around. From casual statements through hefty blogs to intensively and expensively researched commercial studies, the range of content on the subject is bewildering. Data-driven... Read More
Panasonic: glasses-free 3D TV ‘within five years’
While the war over active versus passive 3D TVs rages on, it could be all but obliterated by the development of an autostereoscopic television which does away with the glasses altogether. Some manufacturers, like Toshiba, have committed to rushing out a glasses-free 3D TV as early as 2012, but Panasonic has now said that it’ll be at least five years before it has an auto-stereoscopic 3D set on the market. Speaking at Intellect’s... Read More
