Aedas Homes' new VR tool "Live" uses tech by Unreal Engine

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

A combined reality platform allows you to visit a housing virtually and remotely, interacting in real-time with the real estate agent.

Spanish proptech company Aedas Homes has announced its newest feature, "Live". This new technology consists of a combined reality platform that makes it possible to visit a home for sale or rent in a virtual and remote way.

"Live" is based on the Unreal Engine graphics engine, designed to recreate three-dimensional environments or 3D in real time, the same technology used by the popular video game Fortnite.

In this way the platform "Live by Aedas" is an important difference compared to the conventional virtual models used in the real estate sector: the 3D recreation of the home "in video game format" is done in real time and merges with the presence of a "human" real estate agent that is present at all times and with whom you can interact during the visit.

3D models in real time and film techniques

The technology is applicable both to homes already built and to houses under construction or project. According to Aedas Homes, its virtual platform is the closest thing to a real visit to a home that does not exist yet or is thousands of kilometers away.

"We needed a solution that would bring our houses and our real estate advisors together with our clients no matter where they were," says José Luis Leirós, director of innovation at Aedas Homes.

"We chose to combine 3D models of housing and the figure of the real estate consultant through the green corma technique" used in film and television. In this way, while the real estate agent walks on a television set, the platform recreates the house around him in real time.

Visit a home no matter where it is

The virtual platform allows the visitor, who makes the virtual tour through a computer or mobile device, can ask the agent to look out onto the terrace or show him a specific stay, and everything is recreated in real time synchronized with the movement of the agent.

"Unreal Engine was designed for video games, but it is increasingly useful in other industries", such as real estate, says Leirós, who already thinks about future versions of Live, including the use of virtual reality glasses to achieve an immersive experience or the possibility of changing to the taste of the buyer the decoration, the style and the organization of the furniture during the visit.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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