US 12,340,150 B2
Constructing virtual reality designed buildings
Subha Kiran Patnaikuni, Visakhapatnam (IN); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/341,719.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391549 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 30/12 (2020.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 111/16 (2020.01); G06F 111/18 (2020.01); G06F 113/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/12 (2020.01) [B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 2111/16 (2020.01); G06F 2111/18 (2020.01); G06F 2113/10 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of designing a building in a virtual reality environment, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a building design of the building having design components;
receiving, from at least one data collection device, one or more environmental parameters associated with a geographical location;
simulating a virtual reality environment of the building design in the geographical location interacting with the one or more environmental parameters including a sound according to a user's location within the virtual reality environment;
augmenting the building design to an updated building design, wherein the updated building design is augmented based on the one or more environmental parameters, wherein the one or more environmental parameters are updated in response to user input received in the virtual reality environment including a decibel level for the sound, wherein the updated building design includes one or more updated design components selected by the user from a plurality of recommendations presented within the virtual reality environment; and
printing a building using one or more 3D printers based on the updated building design.