To visit his future home in virtual reality

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The living room, the bedroom and the dining room of this home seems real, but the pieces have all been created thanks to the application developed by the company Azza VR Quebec Richard Blouin and Felix Leblanc. Thanks to levers, and a helmet of virtual reality, it is possible to walk there freely. The software is so accurate that it allows you to adjust the light level and the location of books on the furniture.

Vincent Larin

Sunday, 11 February, 2018 01:00

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A Montrealer who wants to visit a house in Rimouski will be able to do it in the comfort of the offices of his estate agency thanks to the virtual reality now just a year or two, consider contractors who specialize in this field.

“It is a matter of time, because the technology is there. Only remains to make it available, ” says Richard Blouin.

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Richard Blouin, Co-founder Azza VR

The entrepreneur, who has previously worked in the development of flight simulators for student pilots, together with two partners last year to found his own company, virtual reality, Azza VR.

The firm is developing an application that allows you, by putting on the virtual reality goggles and grabbed two controllers, special, move inside of a virtual house as if we were there.

Yesterday, at the ExpoHabitation, at the olympic Stadium in Montreal, the curious flocked in front of the booth Azza VR to put on the goggles and visit the hallways of a stately mansion in the mountains.

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It would be the first application of its kind developed by Quebecers, according to another co-founder of Azza VR, Felix Leblanc.

And in a few years, all the real estate companies will offer the chance to their clients to visit in a virtual way their next purchase, he believes.

“Those who do not deliver, we can compare them to companies that did not have a web site with the advent of the internet,” gives the example of Mr. Leblanc.

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Even the furniture

A strength of the application developed by Azza VR is that it allows you to easily change what we see through the virtual reality goggles, ” said Richard Blouin.

“It allows us to play with all the elements of the house, the light levels, colors, and even the location of the furniture “, he says.

For the moment, Azza VR mainly sells its new application to companies or firms of architecture who want to offer the option of virtual reality to their customers.

But for foreign investors who wish to visit the condo that they are going to buy in another country, or simply for the owner who wants to see the rendering of its upcoming renovations, the applications of this technology are numerous, said Mr. Leblanc

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Shop furniture

The areas of the automotive trade and retail could also be interested by the application, believe its designers.

“Imagine being able to visit a store of furniture in the distance ! “exclaimed Felix Leblanc.

An in-person visit is more appropriate for the fans of touch who want to absolutely open all the drawers of the kitchen before buying a property, admits Mr. Blouin.