Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd.

Ice Edge Business Solutions, Ltd.

University of Rochester

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Joseph Howell

Robert Blodgett

Barrie Arnold Loberg

Tyler West

Simon Francis Stannus

Matthew Hibberd

Sheldon Smith

John C Howell

Anatoliy Pidlubnyy

Sheldon T A Smith

Generating patterns for architectural product manufacture. Defining a repeating pattern that is used for a layout design and displaying a visualization that represents the repeating pattern. Defining a design area of architecture and displaying a second visualization that represents the design area of architecture. The repeating pattern is then applied to the design area of architecture to complete the layout design of the design area. The second visualization that represents the design area of architecture includes the applied repeating pattern. Thereafter, information related to one or more components that are required to implement the layout design of the design area is generated.

Pattern generator for architectural product manufacture

A method for incorporating a real object at varying depths within a rendered three-dimensional architectural design space can include capturing data from a real environment, wherein the real environment comprises at least one real object within a physical architectural space. The method can also comprise extracting the at least one real object from the captured data from the real environment. Further, the method can include providing a rendered three-dimensional architectural design space comprising at least one virtual architectural component. The method can also include projecting the captured data from the real environment on a first plane within the rendered three-dimensional architectural design space and projecting the extracted at least one real object on a at least one additional plane within the rendered three-dimensional architectural design space, such that the rendered at least one real object is properly occluded within the rendered three-dimensional architectural design space.

Occlusion solution within a mixed reality design software application

A virtual reality system can comprise a virtual reality headset, one or more position tracking sensors, and a computerized architectural design environment. The position tracking sensors can identify a relative location of the user with respect to a physical space. The computerized architectural design environment can comprise a computer-implemented method for displaying a three-dimensional view of an architectural design to a user through the one or more virtual reality components. The method can comprise receiving a communication from the one or more position tracking sensors, rendering at least a portion of an architectural design file, and transmitting to the virtual reality headset the rendered portion of the architectural design file.

Virtual reality immersion with an architectural design software application

A computer system for creating architectural schematics within a mixed-reality environment generates, within an architectural design application, mixed-reality rendering data that visually describes one or more virtual architectural elements in relation to a real-world environment. The computer system transmits, to a mixed-reality device, the mixed-reality rendering data, wherein the mixed-reality device renders the mixed-reality rendering data within the real-world environment. The computer system also receives a command from a user directed towards a particular virtual architectural element. Additionally, the computer system constrains a scope of the command based upon an interaction between the virtual architectural element and the real-world environment.

Mixed-reality and CAD architectural design environment

The present disclosure is generally related to capturing a scene and projecting a virtual window to one or more observers. A virtual window may mimic the experience a viewer has when looking through a real window. In some embodiments, for a single observer looking at a digital display or digital screen, a head-tracking camera on the same side of the screen as the observer can determine the position of the observer relative to the screen. The camera may be a 3D camera, stereoscopic camera, a wide angle lens camera, or an array of cameras (e.g., two or more). A camera on the other side of the screen can then image the view on the other side of the screen and software can determine the correct portion of the view that should be displayed on the screen to the observer.

Virtual window

A computer system for managing multiple distinct perspectives within a mixed-reality design environment loads a three-dimensional architectural model into memory. The three-dimensional architectural model is associated with a virtual coordinate system. The three-dimensional architectural model comprises at least one virtual object that is associated with an independently executable software object that comprises independent variables and functions that are specific to a particular architectural element that is represented by the at least one virtual object. The computer system associates the virtual coordinate system with a physical coordinate system within a real-world environment. The computer system transmits to each device of multiple different devices rendering information. The rendering information comprises three-dimensional image data for rendering the three-dimensional architectural model and coordinate information that maps the virtual coordinate system to the physical coordinate system.

Mixed-reality architectural design environment

Systems, methods, and apparatus allow for the real-time rendering of specular effects within a three-dimensional model. At least one implementation allows a user to create a map that comprises a representation of at least one light source within a three-dimensional model. Furthermore, at least one implementation casts a viewpoint ray to an object surface point, wherein the viewpoint ray comprises a ray extending from a user perspective within the three-dimensional model. Additionally, at least one implementation casts a reflection ray of the viewpoint ray. Further, at least one implementation identifies an intersection point between the reflection ray and the map. Still further, at least one implementation calculates the specular reflection of the object surface point based on the intersection point.

Method and system for efficient modeling of specular reflection

A computerized method of for rendering a lighting effect can include receiving from a user inputs regarding the location of an object within a design space. Furthermore, the method can include receiving from the user one or more inputs regarding the location of one or more light sources within the design space. Additionally, the method can include calculating a lighting effect of the one or more lights on the object within the design space. Furthermore, the method can include rendering the lighting effect during a time interval that is independent of the number of the one or more light sources within the design space, such that rendering the lighting effect for one of the one or more light sources takes the same amount of time as rendering the lighting effect for a plurality of the light sources.

Efficient lighting effects in design software

System, methods, and apparatus allow for creating translucent surfaces within a three-dimensional model. One or more implementations render a three-dimensional model of a layout of a design space within an architectural design environment. Additionally, one or more implementations identify a first portion of the three-dimensional model that is positioned behind a translucent surface within the three-dimensional model. Furthermore, one or more implementations render a visual distortion effect for the identified first portion of the three-dimensional model. Further still, one or more implementations display on a display device the three-dimensional model comprising the translucent surface, such that the three-dimensional model is displayed behind the translucent surface in a distorted form based on the rendered distortion effect.

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