Virtual Reality (VR) for ARCHICAD

[Mate Marozsan]

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.

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			✅			✅

[Braut18seven]

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

[Steven]

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?