homeAR Connect

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The homeAR platform is purpose-built to display home designs in Augmented Reality with just a phone or iPad. The homeAR mobile app allows you to deliver designs in full-scale AR in the real world or in dolls house scale AR, providing an impactiful and informative way to present to clients.

homeAR connect provides a direct export from Autodesk® Revit® to the homeAR web portal where your models are optimized for AR and then published in the homeAR mobile apps

homeAR Connect features

• Export existing models from Revit to homeAR
• Requires a homeAR account

homeAR features

• Full Scale Augmented Reality view
• Dolls House Augmented Reality view
• Multi-user viewing (for viewing models on multiple devices simultaneously)
• Simple positioning tools
• Sharing and publishing tools (including QR codes)
• Webview (for browser viewing)

Free WMR (Windows Mixed Reality) Experience

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Preview your project in Windows Mixed Reality immersive headset in one click!*

Run WMR Experience command and the add-in will make all necessary preparations for Mixed Reality Portal. Find your project title in the Places picker to walk it in virtual reality headset.

Griffel Studio's Windows Mixed Reality Experience is the fastest and simplest way to take the first look at your project in real scale.

* you must have one of the Windows Mixed Reality headsets set up and running on your PC.

** WMR Experience command is working only on Windows 10 version 1803 and later.

1 - Click 'WMR Experience' button and let the preparation finish.

Free Sketchbox VR Integration

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Sketchbox is the #1 Design and Collaboration tool for AR/VR.

We built Sketchbox for designing experiences, exploring ideas and working with 3D content.

Work together with your whole team in Sketchbox, and feel like you’re in the same room, even if you’re on different continents. Perfect for collaborative design sessions, presentations, and design reviews. Instantly start a VR meeting.

Sketchbox fits into your workflow so we support most 3D formats including Audeodesk® Revit® and Autodesk® Navisworks®. Use powerful creation tools to bring your ideas to life, and easily add annotations. 

Features:

• CROSS PLATFORM COLLABORATION – instantly start meetings with Rift, Vive or WindowsMR
• INTEGRATIONS – we support Navisworks, Revit and more see https://www.sketchbox3d.com/integrations
• IMPORT ASSETS from Google Poly, use 360° images and 3D models including FBX, OBJ & GLTF
• EXPORT TO FBX – easily share finished work to any device
• SCALE AND DIMENSION – import models with correct scale, see dimensions

VisualLive Plugin for Augmented Reality

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The VisualLive Plugin (VL Plugin) is a subscription-based computer plugin for Autodesk® Navisworks® and Autodesk® Revit®. Users can push BIM, CAD, and other 3D models with a few clicks to VisualLive applications on both Hololens and mobile tablets and view them at 1:1 scale onsite. Built for the construction industry, project managers can keep up to date in installation progress, review clashes with VDCs and showcase demos in office or in the field to clients or superintendents.

Designed for the future of technology in the construction industry, the VisualLive applications utilize augmented reality (AR) to overlay models onto the real world similar to holograms in a science fiction film.

The Wild for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

This Integration allows you to access all your BIM 360 Docs files directly in The Wild. Learn more about The Wild on our Website.

Coordinate and Align
Now you can experience your BIM 360 models in VR or AR with up to eight people at a time, in a Space that evolves with your project. Coordinate and collaborate immersively across project teams—your model will always be up to date in The Wild, creating a single source of truth for everyone.

Collaborate from Anywhere
Colleagues, clients, and teams can join from VR or desktop (macOS and Windows), making collaboration possible from anywhere in the world, no headset necessary. For added context, view your models on-site in augmented reality using our iOS app.

Make Decisions Faster
Collaborating and coordinating at the human scale helps you go from design to construction more efficiently. Make better decisions, catch errors, and provide valuable context for your teammates and stakeholders. The Wild makes it easy for your team to experience your work together at 1:1 scale.

Supported File-types through Document Management
rvt, nwd, sch, dxf, f3d, iam, idw, ipt, max, sldprt, catpart, x_b, wire, vue, skp, dgn, 3dm, msr, neu etc.

AR VR for Autodesk® Navisworks®

From the Autodesk App Store:

About the plugin:

The plugin allows you to publish Navisworks models to Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.

For more details, Please visit our website : https://visionworkplace.com/products/ar-vr-for-autodesk-navisworks

Android App (to open exported model to AR VR): Epic AR VR

Contact us for,

1. If you need any custom development on AR and VR
2. If you want to integrate this plugin to your solution
3. SDK to read .unitydata file in unity

AR VR for Autodesk® Revit®

From the Autodesk App Store:

About the plugin:

The plugin allows you to publish Revit models to Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.

Android App (to open exported model to AR VR): Epic AR VR

THIS APP IS SUPPORTED ON DEVICES WHICH SUPPORT AUGMENTED REALITY: list of supported devices are: https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices

Contact us for:

1. If you need any custom development on AR and VR
2. If you want to integrate this plugin to your solution
3. SDK to read .unitydata file in unity

How it works?

1. Install this plugin and then  open Autodesk® Revit®
2. In the Ribbonbar you will see the plugin tab. Load any model, set view (this view will be the initial view in VR) and click on "Convert to AR VR" button. It will generate a folder to your system.
3. Transfer converted folder to your Mobile or Tablet.
4. Install this Android App to your Mobile or Tablet. IOS app coming soon.
5. Open the android app "Epic AR VR" and browse the exported file "*.unitydata"
6. Now select whether you want to load the model for Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality

ICT Tracker for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

ICT Tracker is an easy-to-use mobile construction productivity tracking software solution that adds improved data collection to Autodesk® BIM 360® customers.

Utilizing Augmented Reality or Virtual 3D Free-Flight mode, the app uses your design or construction models for selection input and enables construction teams to benchmark field installations and deliver comprehensive installation status reporting and productivity tracking data that can be imported back into BIM 360 or your ERP software.

Contractors will be able to accurately track construction projects, control costs and make better decisions based on detailed, up-to-date information from the job site.

Utilize Existing Project NWD Files

Exclusive – Immersive Collaboration AR/VR Platform The Wild Launches Beta Revit Add-in Featuring 1-Click Export

Editor's Note: This article is brought to you by guest blogger Kurt Ward.

Last month, The Wild launched their beta version of a Revit Add-In for The Wild.

The Wild is an immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere, in augmented and virtual reality.

The new capability will automatically create a collection of assets from the components of the Revit file, streamlining the workflow from Revit to The Wild.

According to The Wild founder and CEO Gabe Paez, “Our Revit Add-In will streamline workflow for teams working in architecture, engineering, and construction by allowing them to import and automatically optimize their Revit model for streaming with one easy click.”

Kubity Exporter v4.2.1.0

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 4.2.1.0, 7/12/2018

What’s New?

• Geolocation
• Shadow Settings
• Cinematic Tour (fly through camera points automatically exported from Revit)
• Surface pattern color support

Description

This plugin enables the Export to Kubity option in Autodesk® Revit® — seamlessly transferring Revit projects straight to the Kubity mixed-reality multiplex. Simply click the export button and your Revit model will automatically open into the Kubity desktop app.

Kubity Exporter v4.1.0.2 –LOD, Realistic / Consistent Colors Style, and RPC Support

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 4.1.0.2, 4/23/2018

What’s New?

• RPC support
• Realistic/ Consistent Colors style support
• LOD support

Description

If you were previously using rvt2skp to instantly visualize your 3D models, now you can use this dedicated extension to simplify the process.

This plugin enables the Export to Kubity option in Autodesk® Revit® — seamlessly transferring Revit projects straight to the 3D visualization multiplex. Simply click the export button and your Revit model will automatically open into the Kubity desktop app.

Plex.Earth360 – Collaboration for BIM 360 with Augmented Reality

From the Autodesk App Store:

Plex.Earth360 enables real-time collaboration between the office and the field, for any project in the world, by bringing together Autodesk® BIM 360® and Augmented Reality (AR)

SEND PHOTOS AND DATA REAL-TIME
Are you on the site and want to show a colleague, in the office, what you exactly see?
Take a picture with the Plex.Earth360 mobile app and the exact photo you took will instantly show up in their screen, along with all relevant data: your exact location or even the direction you were looking at the time of the capture. The best part? You can add any comments or notes you like and share them with your colleagues!

SHARE PLACEMARKS
Do you need more information about a specific location in your project area?
Simply post a place mark there and your colleagues on site will be instantly notified. They will see its exact location both in 3D view and on the map, allowing them to get there quickly and easily.

DISCOVER THE WORLD AROUND YOU
Your inner explorer deserves a mobile super-tool.
With Plex.Earth 360, you can learn everything you need about your surroundings: May that be the mountains and villages you see while hiking or the stores and restaurants you go past in your downtown walk.

Revit Holoview – Overlay 3D Models with Buildings Using Augmented Reality

From the Revit Holoview website:

Revolutionizing architecture, construction and facility management

Revit Holoview uses Microsoft's mixed reality technology, the HoloLens, to virtualize holographic images of 3D Revit models into the physical world. Full scale holographic images accurately overlay the building structure to provide an unmatched level of real-world proportion, scale, form and perspective. Revit Holoview revolutionizes how plans are visualized and communicated bringing transparency across the entire design, construction and post-construction facility management phases.

Visualize a building's design, structure, MEP services and fit-out.

• Easy upload of Revit files to Web Service
• Quick conversion into Hololens compatible format
• No loss of details during conversion
• Support for large/complex Revit models
• Positioning and alignment options for using on-site
• Configure viewing distances for large models without compromising performance
• Ability to colour code building services
• Easy and intuitive to use

Visualive3D – Export 3D Models to Many AR/VR Platforms

From the Autodesk App Store:

This plugin allows you to push your 3D model to many platforms for AR/VR purposes with simply one click. You set your 3D view with section box and click push to device. You instantly will be able to see the model in HoloLens, GearVR, iPhone, iPad and Android devices.



There are 3 products in this plugin:
HoloLive (Available): Allows you to upload your models from Autodesk® Revit® to HoloLens and position the model to the right coordinate system using marker/survey control in the field or you can visualize it with smaller scale using the scale tool in HoloLive app.

Free AUGmentecture – Models to AR for Mobile Devices

From the Autodesk App Store:

AUGmentecture is a service helping you to view complex 3D models on a mobile device in an Augmented Reality format. With the help of AUGmentecture plugin you can seamlessly and securely upload your 3D models and floor plans directly from Autodesk® Revit® to your AUG account to view them later with your mobile device. You just need to select the model in 3D view and optionally select floor plan and you will be able to see the model on your mobile device mapped on your floor plan.

Anticipation: Revit HoloView – Overlay BIM Models with the Real World Fast

From the SPAR3D website:

HoloLens App Lays 3D BIM Models over the Real World – Fast

By Sean Higgins
April 26, 2017

One of HoloLens’ lowest hanging fruit for AEC – laying a BIM model over the real world for reference, QA, and comparison – remains tantalizingly out of reach. For one, AR devices are mobile computers, so they still have difficulty computing large models. Additionally, they are only pretty good at tracking where they are in space, but not quite accurate enough for quality assurance checks.

Lucky for us, Redcrater is about to release an application for exporting Revit models to HoloLens that could go a long way toward BIM more usable in augmented reality. Meet Revit HoloView.

BIMobject Launches Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Solutions

From the BIMobject website:

WELCOME TO
A WORLD OF WOW

BIMobject is launching cutting edge VR and AR solutions to help you inspire your prospects to think, plan and create without boundaries. It’s time to take digital content to the next level, and let your customers interact with your BIM objects in Virtual Reality.

Rockit Version 2018.0.1

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 2018.0.1, 4/24/2017

• Compatibility for Revit 2018.
• Ribbon enhancements.
• Online license added.
• Improvements to Publish command.
• Features & enhancements to Bulk Rename command.
• Improvements to Project Search command.
• Features & enhancements to Category Search command.
• Features & enhancements to Dimension Spot Label Text Font Search command.
• Features & enhancements to Grids, Levels, Reference Plane, Scope Box Search command.
• Improvements to Break Symbols commands.
• Split Spline command added.
• Improvements to Combine Text command.
• Features & enhancements added to Edit Sheet Revisions command.
• Improvements to Parameters Manager command.
• Views Set Annotation Crop to on command added.
• Explore Selected command added.
• Improvements to Upgrade selection of Model/Family files command.
• Improvements to Resave a selection of Central Models command.
• Improvements to Purge Line Styles command.
• Improvements to Purge Line Patterns command.
• Improvements to Purge Fill Patterns command.
• Features & enhancements to Model Cleanup command.

Free ENTiTi AR/VR Exporter

From the Autodesk App Store:

Turn your Autodesk® Revit® CAD designs into Augmented & Virtual Reality with just one click.

Once opening the Revit software and uploading your design

1. Switch to 3D View and click on the Add-in tab to choose ENTiTi AR/VR Exporter 
2. Once choosing Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality you will be required to update your email (only for the 1st time) – email confirmation that you are about to create your Augmented or virtual project, will be sent to you. FYI – in this process background an FBX. File will be created and will be located within your original project file location.
3. You will receive a thank you pop up and check e-mail notification
4. You will receive an email asking you to confirm your user name and you will receive an initial password. You will be notified to explore ENTiTi Creator (see info below)
5. Once the project is ready, you will receive another email stating that your Augmented or Virtual project was created and you will receive a new password which can be used to view your AR or VR project in the ENTiTi Viewer App.

For an AR project, you will receive an image target, which you will need to scan for each time to experience the AR content.

Free download:
iOS Link
Google Play Link