Like many other industries these days, real-estate has been impacted by a sudden influx of new virtual reality possibilities. Matterport VR renderings are all the trendy buzz lately among developers, agents, and property owners. But realistically: Is the newest, shiniest option always the smartest? Matterport tours haven’t been around long enough to develop a consistent…
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Why VR Tours Are The Future Of Multi-Family Real Estate
VR is leading the way in 2020s tech across the board of all industries, and multi-family real estate is no exception. Industry leaders have noted that as VR technology expands, 3D virtual walk-through tours are transforming from a luxe bonus to a competitive necessity in this fast paced industry. Here are some reasons you should…
Digital-X: The Long Story Part 1
It all began in the late 80’s. IBM compatible PCs just began appearing in homes. I remember my family’s first PC. It was an Epson that had less than 1 MB of memory, something like 8 MHz (12 with Turbo switch on!), and of course one of those amazing 5.25″ floppy drives. There were basically…
History of Digital-X, the short version...
Upon graduating from Arizona State’s architecture program, I founded Digital-X, LLC in 1997 to provide architects and designers with photo-realistic renderings. Unofficially beginning in 1994, I started off rendering designs for retail kiosks, and soon expanded into the trade show and hospitality industries, followed by cosmetics retail. All of this proved to be a great…
Digital-X in Exposé
THE FINEST ART IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE That’s the subtitle for the book, and while that’s a pretty big claim and quite debatable, for 3D computer generated imagery, this book was basically the first of it’s kind and showcases artwork from some of the finest 3D artists from all around the world. Needless to say,…