

However, in the parallel universe of shoot-em-up games, I’ve always been amazed how they can provide the games with smooth scenes brilliantly rendered in real-time. For this reason, AutoDesk sells you cloud computing to free up your PC to do other work whilst their cloud farm produces your 3D image. Videos can take overnight for a 30 second movie. In our architectural profession, to generate realistic 3D views can take ages, typically 5 – 8+ minutes for a still image, depending on your hardware.

Skip this as it’s not relevant, but if you are interested about TwinMotion, it was recently bought by EPIC Games. (Note: It’s neither a ‘Game’ nor an ‘Engine’, this is from an industry that calls everything ‘Architecture’, so don’t waste your time trying to figure it out from the nomenclature they use). There is a 3D visualisation software called TwinMotion, which takes 3D CAD models and puts it through what their industry calls a ‘Game Engine’ in order to produce real-time rendered images. No sure what section to post this in, so Mods please move as appropriate.
