Virtual room viewing program begins in fall
Coming this fall, students who choose to live on-campus will be seeing their room’s layout, even before move-in day. College Room Creator, an Internet start-up company, has partnered with GCSU to bring an online, 3D design experience to the process of choosing residence hall rooms.
The virtual service, which is free to universities and students, will allow students to view a 3D representation of their chosen room, which they can then rearrange and view in 360 degrees. The service will also give students the option to customize their rooms by buying, directly from the site, any furnishings and accessories they’d like to have in their room.
Additionally, the site enables roommates to share information with each other and collaborate on the design of the room. The service also allows users to rearrange their furniture electronically to find the optimum set up. The experience is designed to make move-in day and life in residence halls more modern and easy.
“I’m surprised at the depth that I can get into my room,” freshman English major Bryan Holloway said. “It’ll be cool to be able to see what my room looks like before I see it.”
The process to virtualize University Housing has already begun. Earlier this month associates from College Room Creator came and visited to measure the rooms and floors of residence halls in order to start building their 3D models. Students were sent e-mail notification from housing officials before the associates entered a room.
“I wish I had this option last semester,” said freshman political science major Lauren Harris. “It would have made coordinating with my roommate a lot easier.”
For new and returning students who plan to live in University Housing, room decorating and arrangement can all be done from the comfort of home online with College Room Creator’s new program.
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on Feb 26 2010. Filed under News.
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