Which Software Should I Use For Designing Virtual Reality

using VR software for gaming and architecture

Virtual Reality is a trend with exponentially-growing popularity. The possibility to experience 3-dimensional environment from the safety of your home, either to explore a game Universe or to test a product, and travel far, yet staying in one place, is a fantasy or a dream that is soon becoming available for all of us.

 

VR applications

VR is finding its applications mostly in the gaming industry, but also in architecture, where prototypes of the whole cities can be built virtually, explored from every perspective and painted up – ready to go on the construction office desk. VR software comes useful to almost every other industry as well; imagine if the test market is offered a possibility to test your product virtually before buying it – the time and money that virtual prototype would save you!

 

VR software

VR software often comes with a variety of features enabling the developers to create a full virtual experience in one place. Tools which have the feature for content management allow you to upload a 3D model to add to the VR experience or an existing VR content to the platform. These platforms let you store and manage your content before publishing. Among the most popular content management systems for VR is Contentful, which is a must for many VR professionals.

 

VR experience

The development of 360 cameras is enhancing the VR experience, giving you the genuine experience of the atmosphere and better space orientation. This reality is sometimes upgraded with other tools such as gloves which even enable you to feel the sensation of touch in the virtual world. Top products for VR development are Virtual Reality on Steam, Google Scale and Forge. Some experts use popular Vimeo360 to upload and watch 360 videos. Steam is often a good choice if you want to try it out for free, but their paid plans are well-oiled to satisfy hardcore gamers, which says it all, really.

 

If you are really into designing games, there are game engine products on the market which are among the most innovative software in information technology today. Most popular among these are 3ds Max Design, Unreal Engine, Maya, and as we already mentioned in the previous article, Unity – a top-notch fastest developing software for creating the universe that gathers everything you love in one place.

 

Since virtual reality is only at its rise and tech is developing almost too quickly to follow, there is new software on the market every day. Every designer has a preference, and it is hard to tell which ones are “top 5” for designing a reality. However, we will try to look at some features that we like and some that we don’t so much, in our next article.

 

Do you have a preference? Tell us in the comment section below.

 

Author:

Nina Petrov | @fusion_writer | www.ninapetrov.com

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