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Robert Miles Kemp is going to be one of 2014\u2019s Innovators of the Year. Mark my words. If I worked for Autodesk, I\u2019d be calling him up right about now\u2014or at the very least trying to steal his secrets. And secrets they must be because Kemp\u2019s little company, Digital Physical, has kept under the radar, housed away in some nondescript loft space in Los Angeles. What Mr. Kemp and his bearded acolytes have developed is something so simple, so obvious, and yet utterly revolutionary. It\u2019s one of those inventions that all architects are soon going to realize they need\u2014and clients will soon start to expect.<\/p>\n

The \u201cit\u201d is Spacemaker VR<\/a>, architecture\u2019s first virtual reality system made for designers. Yes, you have to wear a VR headset, but you won\u2019t care if you look like a dork because you (and your big clients) will be blown away by the fact that you\u2019re looking, flying around a 3D model of a future-space \u2013 all while being firmly in the present.<\/p>\n

To get this off the ground, Digital Physical recently launched a Kickstarter campaign<\/a>. They have until December 14 to reach the campaign\u2019s $100,000 goal.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kemp, a graduate of SCI-Arc, has been dreaming of building this for over ten years. His thesis was on robotics and real-time design. \u201cMy original idea was to create a business with virtual reality spaces that designers could rent out by the hour with full walking VR,\u201d he says. \u201cOne in every city.\u201d But there were issues with cost and space.<\/p>\n

\u201cVR has come so far so fast in the last few years, however, that it opened up the possibility to do something affordable and amazing right now (you can get a headset and Spacemaker for under $500).\u201d The first version of Spacemaker is portable and can be carried around in a backpack.<\/p>\n

Spacemaker VR is compatible with many common file formats designers create with their existing design softwares (like the ones listed above) so designers can work with their own 3D files. It is intentionally simple to use and the current version enables \u201cwalking through\u201d virtual 3D environments in order to give presentations and annotate design decisions. Future versions will allow for real-time manipulation of 3D objects in the environment, showcasing design options and real-time spatial design. \u201cMany of these features work now but we want to keep the first product really simple,\u201d says Kemp.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Digital Physical<\/p>\n

In architecture\u2019s VR future architects, clients, and even contractors won\u2019t be able to remember what it was like to not have this system. Being able to navigate within a 3D model in VR is perhaps as big a leap for architectural visualization as the jump from 2D CAD to BIM.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is focusing on content creation or making it possible for designers to create their own VR content,\u201d says Kemp. \u201cI want to make it possible for anyone to create and experience the spaces they are dreaming up in their mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Support the Spacemaker VR Kickstarter Campaign here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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This article, by Guy Horton, originally appeared on ArchDaily as \u201cThe Indicator: Kickstarting Architecture\u2019s Virtual Future<\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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