This is nothing new by any means. I have looked into this for years and the implications for our industry is massive, yet hardly anyone uses it. Why? Mainly because it requires a fairly good computer, with an emphasis on either a great graphics card, great multi CPU's, render farms, or all of the above to get efficient and productive means out of it. It usually is not portable.
Also, depending on the program you choose, it can also be fairly time consuming to learn this and to comprehend how you can use this to your advantage to close the deal.
This means is completely irrelevant to something that is an inexpensive job. I can see it only for design purposes with a client who can't seem to make up their damn mind. A large home or big remodel would be in the scope. It is definitely for the "Wow!" of it, but that "wow" usually ends up being a sale. IMO, if you need the edge over your competition to get the job, I feel this would give you the job every time.
Now the reason I'm doing this now is that a particular company, the Chaos Group, has a new product called VRay-RT. The original VRay is undoubtedly the best rendering program out there on the market. In the last few years a few others have popped up that are equally eye popping.
They have now released a real time rendering program which means you can get almost photo quality rendering in real time rather than waiting for the rendering to happen. You move the view around and a few seconds, it renders.
Maybe it's just me that's getting overly excited about this, but I can see definite advantages to using this over not using it.
Here are some videos of the VRay-RT and some other programs to show what can be possible if it is implemented. Vray-RT is a plug in for 3DS Max. A quite expensive program.
And for some eye candy, a little example of what proper rendering software can do for you.
From VisMasters.com
Also, depending on the program you choose, it can also be fairly time consuming to learn this and to comprehend how you can use this to your advantage to close the deal.
This means is completely irrelevant to something that is an inexpensive job. I can see it only for design purposes with a client who can't seem to make up their damn mind. A large home or big remodel would be in the scope. It is definitely for the "Wow!" of it, but that "wow" usually ends up being a sale. IMO, if you need the edge over your competition to get the job, I feel this would give you the job every time.
Now the reason I'm doing this now is that a particular company, the Chaos Group, has a new product called VRay-RT. The original VRay is undoubtedly the best rendering program out there on the market. In the last few years a few others have popped up that are equally eye popping.
They have now released a real time rendering program which means you can get almost photo quality rendering in real time rather than waiting for the rendering to happen. You move the view around and a few seconds, it renders.
Maybe it's just me that's getting overly excited about this, but I can see definite advantages to using this over not using it.
Here are some videos of the VRay-RT and some other programs to show what can be possible if it is implemented. Vray-RT is a plug in for 3DS Max. A quite expensive program.
And for some eye candy, a little example of what proper rendering software can do for you.
From VisMasters.com