This is a scene from a project undertaken by Antycip for the UK's largest housing developer. The project entailed generating a realistic representation of the apartments and to give an accurate representation of the surrounding buildings and terrain to provide an accurate view from every balcony. The application was used to visualize, promote and sell the individual apartments. A model of the interior of one of the apartments was also developed so purchasers could walk through the floor plan in their own time.

The database was developed using site plans and AutoCAD elevation data, which were imported into MultiGen Creator. Unique photographic data and site materials from the site were used for texturing. The data for the model of the apartment interior was sourced from brochures of fixtures and fittings and physical items. The Vega API was used to generate moving objects and various special effects and scene content. The application runs on a standard Intel® Pentium® III PC workstation equipped with an nVIDIA® GeForce3™ graphics card.

Realtime 3D visualization has opened up a whole new dimension for this industry, not only as a sales aid but also for building design and development, planning applications and environmental impact studies. Customers have commented on the extreme flexibility and ease of use of the application compared to traditional scale models and rendered walkthroughs. It also gives customers confidence that what they are seeing is what they will get, even before the development is finished.

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