Apartment Virtual Tour

I created this web experience for Greystar’s Artisan at Brightleaf to allow distant rental applicants to tour the property if they are unable to visit in-person. Using the DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2 and Sony A7iii mirrorless handheld camera, I took about 1000 photos to capture all angles of the property. I took these photos on a cloudy day to provide natural diffusion of light; this ensured that the textures created for the 3D model did not have any shadows.

Once data capture was complete, I edited the photos using Adobe Lightroom to correct for color and lens distortion. I imported the edited photos to Reality Capture to process them into a 3D model where I also decimated the geometry from about 300M polygons to 100K polygons to optimize for a web-based experience. I uploaded the resulting model to 3D design software where I was able to write the logic and add UI elements to connect the model to the apartment complex’s website. The result is an online virtual tour where you can click on points of interest to see the complex’s handheld photos, and gain additional information about the amenity selected.