Towering over a newly installed “R” statue in the middle of the block, Remington Row is still very much under construction. The future home of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians on the second floor is mostly an open floor with studs. There’s a deck that will provide a place for apartment dwellers to hang out in the summer, but it took some explanation.
Standing in one future apartment a floor up, Seawall Development’s Matt Pinto was in a hardhat surrounded by workers hammering away. He pointed out the plywood and plastic. And it was pretty obvious that the walls weren’t up yet.
“It takes a lot of imagination to feel what this is really going to look like,” Pinto said. “This apartment looks unfinished, to say the least.”
But Seawall Development wants you to see the finished product. In this case there is no encouragement to close your eyes or “go with me, here.”
Thankfully, there are goggles.
Starting this week, Seawall is offering virtual reality tours of the new apartments. With a Samsung Gear VR and renderings created by Ben Althoff and his team of five at Be The To Studios, the idea is to show prospective tenants what an apartment will look like before it’s completed.
Read more at Technical.ly Baltimore
from http://baltimoretech.org/news/seawall-development-is-using-vr-to-show-off-new-apartments/
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