ATLANTA, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- SmartBIM (part of the VIMtrek Group) has
launched a unique Virtual Catalog which takes Building Product
Manufacturer's existing product images and product information
and sets it in a 3D, high fidelity showroom based on the Unity Game
Engine. This combination creates a free roam environment where
shoppers / specifiers can freely roam around the showroom
clicking on objects and pulling up a wealth of augmented data
associated to the object such as pricing, color ways, sizing,
specifications, options and environment data.
The unique aspect of CataList is that Building product
manufactures objects can be set in real buildings such as
residential, mixed use, office hospitals or schools, allowing the
browser to see the objects in context to their intended final
setting.
CataList is an application and device agnostic and is always
available so you can place products in the hands of buyers
anyplace, anytime and literally anywhere. As part of the
experience, users are presented with an index which enables them
simply to touch/click on your 3D product in a room setting in order
to instantaneously pull up a whole series of augmented data such as
your product Information, links to
website, cut sheets, ecoScorecard evaluations,
and all the BIM embedded information.
VIMtrek CataList as a standard model runs off PC or
Mac, but can also be optimized to run off Samsung Gear headsets for
a fully immersive virtual reality experience.
The AEC industry (architects, engineers, contractors, designers,
and building product manufacturers) can now integrate CataList
into the ecoScorecard module, which is a web
repository database of FREE manufacturer specific micro sites that
help architects and designers search, evaluate and document
environmental impacts of building products and materials against
the leading environmental rating systems such as LEED.
CataList environments start from as little as $7,000 and once created the ecoScorecard platform
can be overlaid for FREE for the user and no sign-in is required.
Within days of launching the platform clients were signing up
such as Armstrong World Industries' Ceiling Division and Contrax
Furnishings who have commissioned SmartBIM which incorporate over
50 products set in a school and office space environment.
About VIMtrek
In 2003 Arol Wolford founded SmartBIM, which creates smart data
embedded Revit Objects and which is now owned by VIMtrek, which was
launched in 2010 and is built on the Unity engine.
The combined suite of products brings stakeholders together from
the AEC industry into a 3D, high fidelity and augmented data rich
game engine. With enhanced file compression technology, virtual
environments can be shared over Internet Protocols, to any device,
anytime and anywhere, allowing 2D files to be converted into 3D,
free roam environments with the unique attribute of preserving the
original Revit data embedded into the Building product manufactures
objects. These environments do not require the native Autodesk file
and allow all party collaboration, quantity & cost analytics
and helps promote green & lean building process.
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Media contacts:
Nicholas Jeffery
EVP of Sales and Marketing
(678)779-5064
nicholas.jeffery@vimtrek.com
Kristin Tiliakos
VP of Building Product Manufacturer Division
(404)247-8343
kristin.tiliakos@smartbim.com
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SOURCE VIMtrek