Check out this nifty application from vTourInteractive, who have created a digital showroom for users to browse the
Revit files available through
Productspec.
Featuring products from
Precision,
Holyoake,
Continuous Spouting,
Alphatron and
Mercer, the every-expanding catalogue of
CAD Files available through Productspec for you to download can now be browsed in a digital 3-dimensional environment.
From a quick download (link here to go directly to the
Productspec vTour), visitors are able to navigate using the mouse for direction, and the W-S-A-D keys for movement. As you move through the showroom, CAD files are grouped into their respective manufacturer rooms, with each product embedded in the digital environment, revealing its details as you scroll over each with the mouse.
Screengrab from the Productspec vTour, highlighting product details.
From there you simply browse the CAD Files over at
Productspec by product type and company, and away you go.
Screengrabs from the Procuctspec vTour.
Navigating the Productspec CAD files should be a breeze from here.
The gaming aesthetic is quite nostalgic (necessary, given it's a small and stand-alone file), and I found myself wishing there would be a machine-gun I could pick-up and test the resilience of the Precision Office Furniture with, but alas...
Just imagine battling off PersistantSalesperson, so you could browse in peace (which you can of course - the vTour is a private one), sending a frag-grenade into the Metalbilt showroom, scattering the remains of your nemesis Marketing Director across the latest Bifold Renlita -which is looking great by the way.
I guess it won't be long before you will actually be having these spec conversations in virtual environments, SecondLife had (and still has) a good crack at that, but I suppose it is easier just to pick up the phone, for now.
If you're interested in the technology, check out the vTourInteractive
website here, or contact the maker of the Productspec vTourInteractive, Matt Cantwell at Mattcantwell@vtourinteractive.com or +64 21 770 897