Arkio is a collaborative design tool that enables you to easily sketch buildings, interiors and urban plans with others in VR as well as on PCs, tablets and phones.
Arkio features a unique volumetric modeling kernel built for VR and mobile devices, making the modeling experience feel closer to physical model-making than traditional 3D apps. In Arkio you can either start modeling from scratch or import your own 3D models and 2D images, then sketch on top of them and export your work back to Rhino or native Revit geometry.
Arkio has been optimized for the Oculus Quest and features experimental hand tracking, enabling you to do all the main modeling operations using your hands instead of controllers.
- Collaborate and design with up to 16 people in the same scene - 8 powerful and easy to use volumetric modeling tools - Work from any scale, use your hands in model scale or move things around at human scale - Import and draw on 3D models from design tools like Revit, Rhino and SketchUp
Lots of potential but not there yet. My goal was to create a house for a friend for a personal project. I tried Arkio and it's not too hard to use when you understand the idea of pushing in/out shapes. Unfortunately, there is no mass selection method because Arkio thinks that you will want to only move child items of a parent which is far from always being the case. I created each step of stairs and wanted to copy these steps elsewhere. Couldn't. It will also glue the child to its parent meaning that if my wall is on the floor and I wish to extend that floor to add another room, I can't because stretching the floor will automatically stretch/move the wall on it.
There is also the lack of moving an object on a specific axis. They talk about grid snapping which works if you're very close to another object but it isn't always the case.
Finally, as I was working on my little project, something went wrong and I couldn't undo anymore. I went in history and couldn't restore. I gave up.
File difficulty HELP! Hey so the app is amazing, i have no complaints as for the app, but i recently imported 3d renders into the app and it worked sucessfully. Now the problem is that I imported too many renders and the app crashed every time I opened it. So I went to my import files on my computer and I deleted them. now that was a mistake because I tried to uninstall the app and reinstall but it reinstalled exactly how I uninstalled the app and the files are still not there so I understand that this is an oculus problem and not the apps so if anyone can help me I would exponentially appreciate it.
Intuitive interface, fast, entertaining. Not an architect, but I love designing in SketchUp.
Arkio is an excellent tool to import my designs into a real urban environment. Love the feature of looking up a location anywhere in the world, get a street map, enable the option to see existing buildings at that location in 3D and view from street level, bird-eye view, and from inside buildings out etc etc.
Experiencing a site/design from within VR is really immersive. Sending it to all my architect friends.
Arkio License Key error. I entered my license key wrong and cannot delete it anymore on Arkio. I could not log in because of it. I tried to delete the Arkio app to download it again through oculus app as well.
Best VR Floor Planner and more! Arkio is awesome. It takes some time to learn the basics, however once you do, It's super easy to design your apartment floor plan, or build the entire neighborhood. You can be extra precise, up to 0.01m - either with wall/floor thickness, room sizes etc. And the best part is, once you build your dream building, you can walk inside (teleport mode), and verify if the desing meets your needs. You can even place some furniture (not a great out-of-the-box selection, but there are some basics), or with a bit of imagination, you can simulate any time of furniture with predefined shapes that are available in the app.
I cannot say anything about working in collaboration, I haven't try that. I definitely recommend that app if you looking for some home planner/floor planner app.
Unusable. The app is unusable on Quest 2. Head tracking is wobbling and gave me motion sickness right away. I will try the Steam version. This one is a long way to be final.