Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: augmented reality will revolutionise the architecture and construction industries according to architect Greg Lynn, who used Microsoft HoloLens to design his contribution to the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (+ movie).
The technology ? which many people are now familiar with thanks to Pokémon GO ? will inevitably change the way architects make design decisions, said Lynn, and could make rolls of drawings a thing of the past.
Augmented reality will revolutionise the architecture and construction industries according to architect Greg Lynn
"Augmented reality technologies on job sites and in factories will, with absolute certainty, change the way buildings are constructed," the Los Angeles-based architect told Dezeen. "Therefore it will change the way architects work and will change their role." "I wouldn't want to predict what changes will be made but it is inevitable that the technology is going to be adopted and will have an impact," he continued. "It is just too powerful a tool not to be used."
Architects can use the technology to experience the interior of a building when it's still at the earliest stages of design, or project digital information onto architectural models
Unlike virtual reality, which creates a completely immersive virtual environment, augmented reality overlays digital content onto real-world imagery.
For architects, this means they can experience the interior ...