Tag Archives: Animation
The Future May Not Be What You Imagined
Do you ever wonder what life will be like in the future? I remember as a kid watching TV shows like The Jetsons and Star Trek and thinking how cool it will be in the future with flying cars, robotic housekeepers and teleporting devices. Even the simple every day stuff like home automation tools just [...]
Full StoryAre 3D TV’s For You?
Having a tough time deciding if 3D TV’s are for you? Well, I’m not! I’m bullish on 3D TV’s but not necessarily for the reasons you might expect. Integrated into our interactive point of sale applications, 3D TV’s will significantly enhance how home buyers tour the Virtual Model Homes! You see, as realistic as our Virtual [...]
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It’s Monday afternoon and I am finalizing my preparations for PCBC. You know, making sure I have enough business cards, checking the flight time and reviewing our exhibit check list. This will be the 20th year of Focus 360 exhibiting in San Francisco and boy have things changed over the years! I won’t get into [...]
Full StoryIntroducing The Value Line Interactive App
I am excited to tell you that next week, during the Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco, we will introduce our newest addition to our Value Line product mix: The Interactive Sales Center App! This suite of tools will modernize your sales office while engaging, educating and converting your prospects. Each module comes from [...]
Full StoryVirtual Reservation Services Powered by Focus 360
Focus 360 is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with First Release Homes Inc. Together our companies will offer a new service that will revolutionize traditional new home sales and marketing by providing cutting edge 3D internet technologies Powered by Focus 360, via a unique online Virtual Reservation Services. First Release Homes and Focus 360 recently contracted [...]
Full StoryNo 3D Renderings – Just Stunning Stop Motion Video
Sometimes you come across a music video that is so visually stunning and interesting that you just can’t stop yourself from watching it. This is one of those videos and I highly recommend you watch it strictly for its entertainment value. It’s by an artist named Oren Lavie and called “Her Morning Elegance”. You may [...]
Full StoryThe Greenest Model Home is No Model Home
Did you know that a typical 2500 square foot model home produces approx. 35,000 lbs of CO2 per year? So for a typical model complex of 3 model homes, you’re talking about a carbon footprint of approx. 100,000 lbs of CO2 per year! And that’s just for one community! So what if a builder/developer builds [...]
Full StoryWestern Influences in an Ancient Land
Although I’d like to say that I am experienced and worldly global traveler, my international exposure has consisted of routine thumbing through Newsweek and occasional brushes with foreign cab drivers in Las Vegas. It’s just too easy to stay cloistered in my Southern California bubble. America as well tends to have that insulting effect- vast [...]
Full StorySelling New Homes without Physical Models
Lennar Homes in No. California has just opened a new community in Petaluma CA called “Riverview”. They are offering seven (7) new floor plans on 38 home sites and they will be selling the homes using Focus 360 Value Line 3D Virtual Model Home tours (architectural animation) in place of traditional physical models. Lennar’s plan [...]
Full StoryValue Line Architectural Rendering and Architectural Animation Update
Our Value Line is off to a great start! The goal was to make Focus 360 accessible to anyone for any project (not just the high end) and I am pleased to report its working! One example is the Fremont, California office of BCA Architects. BCA does a lot of work for schools and churches [...]
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