Chaos has launched Chaos Envision, a new real-time storytelling tool that helps architects and designers turn 3D models into immersive, cinematic presentations in minutes. 

As compelling as some 3D images may be, usually they just don’t tell the story architects want to convey in their presentations. Chaos Envision can quickly turn those 3D models into immersive, cinematic animations, which can be augmented with crowds and more to bring a building or environment to life, showing a project’s potential.

Not only can users assemble the models into eye-catching visualization, but Envision enables them to also explore complex scenes, including CAD files.

“Envision offers new alternatives for architects that have had to find workarounds to avoid compromising on quality, speed, and flexibility in their presentations,” said Petr Mitev, vice president of solutions for designers at Chaos. “Now, anyone can produce high-fidelity visuals much earlier in the process, tapping V-Ray-like photorealism to resolve internal questions and get more stakeholders on board.”

Each visualization is rendered with ray-traced realism, giving designers access to real-time and offline accuracy, even when polygon counts run into the trillions. With physically accurate lighting, reflections, shadows, and global illumination always on tap, Chaos says designers can achieve high-fidelity visuals throughout the design and presentation process.

Using Envision, multiple 3D components can be added to a collaborative environment, to create scenes with key building, site, and material information. The software accepts content from any application that hosts Chaos Enscape or V-Ray, and can import common industry formats, so there’s no scene prep or data loss. All lighting, materials, and assets from their original CAD or Enscape design will carry over as is, so designers can start experimenting right away, Chaos says. In addition, Envision keeps visualization decisions intact through the iterative process, removing the need to restart as designs evolve.

Envision directly integrates with the Chaos Anima engine, enabling users to drag and drop hyperrealistic 4D people and crowds with AI-enhanced behavior into scenes and direct their movement by assigning a path. Paths can also be applied to other objects and cameras.

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