I own goggles that allow me to see in water. I own goggles that allow me to see in black diamond blizzard conditions. And starting this winter, I can own goggles that will allow me to see into the future. Okay, I’m not referencing some sort of Biff Tannen sports almanac from the Back to the Future series, but rather IrisVR’s latest software development for the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. IrisVR’s founder, Shane Scranton, recently sat down with Burnham Works to talk about his new product and how it will shape the future of architectural renderings and the 3D marketplace.
Since graduating Middlebury College in 2013, Shane and classmate Nate Beatty began to see a deficiency in the architectural design market for rendering services and 3D visualization experiences. When a timely kickstarter announcement was made by Oculus VR for their new virtual reality “Rift” goggles, Shane saw an opportunity to breathe new life into two-dimensional design drawing world.
IrisVR created a software conversion product that translates popular file formats, such as Sketchup, Revit and Naviswork, into a format that can be utilizied by the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 goggles. This allows any designer or customer to virtually…