AIA 2012 Recap: Shaderlight and Limitless Join Forces

During the AIA 2012 expo in Washington, DC, that took place in mid-May, we were demonstrating our new Shaderlight Cloud Rendering plug-in for SketchUp and new features for SightSpace 3D, our mobile viewer with Augmented Reality for SketchUp. In our booth we joined up with the good people of Shaderlight to show off Shaderlight Cloud Rendering (launching June 2012) which is the first, and only, SketchUp rendering plug-in to use the power of fast computers on the cloud to deliver high quality photorealistic renderings fast without tying up your desktop.

AIA 2012

Shaderlight and Limitless at AIA 2012


AIA was the perfect opportunity to get direct feedback and we have already won an award from Architosh! If you couldn’t make it to AIA, see a sneak preview now of the high quality and time savings you can expect with the new Shaderlight Cloud Rendering plug-in (and your local machine will be free to continue working!)

Shaderlight Render

A frame from a Shaderlight Cloud Render animation that finished 30 times faster using the cloud (click for full size image.)

We were also previewing some great new features for our SightSpace 3D mobile app for SketchUp which was great fun. Visitors were walking around holding up iPads and Androids looking at a digital 3D model of the Google Boulder Office superimposed over the SketchUp booth in Augmented Reality.

SS3D AR

SightSpace 3D screen shot from an iPad third generation showing augmented reality. In HD retina display (click for full size image.)

If you aren’t familiar with SightSpace, it is a powerful tool to view models created in SketchUp and other programs that read .KMZ files. These include Google Earth, the Google 3D Warehouse, ArchiCAD, and ArcGIS.  With SightSpace, you can annotate 3D models, bookmark favorite views, take screenshots, and share notes and photos.  If you have a pair of red/cyan glasses, you can also view models in full Stereoscopic 3D. We were giving away 3D glasses at AIA, so visitors to our booth were easy to spot! SightSpace is powered by VYZAR, our custom Augmented Reality engine, enabling us to easily incorporate new features and feedback from our users.

SightSpace 3D is available for download now (search for “SightSpace 3D”):

For Apple devices on the iTunes App Store
For Android devices on Google Play (formerly the Android Market)
For Kindle Fire as a viewer only, without Augmented Reality capabilities.

If you would like more information about Shaderlight Cloud Rendering or SightSpace 3D, email us at info@LimitlessComputing.com, call us at 877.663.3797, or contact our press rep Marilyn Kroner.