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The coolest use for the Vision Pro

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Post by mikeaskew4 »

jve wrote: post #260
SirHackalot wrote: post #148

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This comment almost made me quit my job and pursue my original passion in architecture. So the job was, all along, as fun as I imagined it… And the full-stack knowledge to make it happen is still rare? I am currently designing my house in Blender and was planning to import it into Unreal Engine to make it navigable. HN has a way of serving me the content I’m looking for at the right time…

Uhh, I have a laptop near me where I was planning to throw my drawing to get a 3D model in blender. I have no experience with blender, but I have a dwg file architect gave me (for a house where I already live in) and I was ready to make AI do the rest. I want to make some reconstruction, plan to buy/calculate stuff I need for the walls/floor, etc and just a fun project to visualize my home. Anyways, I learned that AI…

None of it is very good yet. It’s got a long way to go.

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Post by radicality »

nxc18 wrote: post #205
radicality wrote: post #107

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How did you actually end up doing it, like the full pipeline ? For example what app did you use to scan your apartment and orocesss it into a 3d model (which kind?) and then how do you actually do the planning (like which tools/software to plan your new space?) And I ask for details because I have attempted something similar but wasn’t getting the best results. I was using ‘3d scanner app’ (which was good but was sol…

I used Polycam. I’m not sure if it’s 100% accurate down to the inch - probably not but it was quite close. They have a floor plan editor now but I haven’t tried it. As for planning the new space, I sketched it out - I might have used their tools, might have also just sketched it out on paper. Once I had my plan, I marked it out using masking tape just to sanity check and everything fit as expected.

Thanks, I’ll try Polycam too.

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Post by parl_match »

Rohansi wrote: post #48
parl_match wrote: post #25

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"Ah yes, how hard could it be?", he confidently asks. > What am I missing? So much. > This is an absolutely standard feature of any VR headset that has ever been released in the history of VR headsets The article is describing "room scale positioning". The first consumer available headset to offer this was released in 2016. It may feel like it's been around forever if you're not familiar with the space except as a co…

> To do what is in the article, you need a large space and the ability to map into it. No, while you could do this, the article specifically mentions controller support for moving around. But sure, inside out tracking is not available on all VR headsets. > The fact that the person in the article was able to just export a USDC directly out of fusion and have it render without hitting the compute budget limit is amazin…

> No, while you could do this, the article specifically mentions controller support for moving around. But sure, inside out tracking is not available on all VR headsets.

What is in the article is explicitly walking around. Yes, you can do it with controller input.

> No offense but did you look at what they exported from Fusion? Or the video demo of what they built? The only things that are not blocky are the models downloaded from IKEA. Nothing about this is impressive - AVP can render much better. Even the Meta Quest 3 can render much better.

No offense, but mentioning the MQ3 only proves my point. It's amazing how far we've come. Headset mounted compute VR from even 15 years ago would have struggled with this.

> Yes, but this article makes use of none of it because they are not doing AR.

I was just mentioning it. Quote me where I said they were doing that, thanks.

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Post by mikeaskew4 »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #187

I would put down $3k-$4k for a device that guided me into doing my own renovation/home improvements. Like, I want to take down my cabinets and install a stove vent and then put them up again, or install a solid surface bottom for my shower. Trades people are super expensive right now, and much of the knowledge you could somehow be walked through with AR. Of course there is still dexterity and muscle memory, so maybe…

Build it piece at a time, like the song goes…

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Post by noir_lord »

mikeaskew4 wrote: post #332
noir_lord wrote: post #288

Wren Kitchens (in the UK) was using VR to let customers "walk through/try" their kitchens via VR 5 years ago, it was a neat use case.

Where can one find out more about this?

https://unity.com/resources/wren-kitchens-vr-showroom-testim...

Or the video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JqkaTRR8zI

They've had it since at least 2020ish, the video has a brief overview of the interface/how it works - it hasn't changed all that much over time by the looks of it.

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