Digital Twin – Viva Living Residences, Dubai

Project: Full‑scale interactive virtual tour for Viva Living Residences, DubaiTools: Unreal Engine / 3ds Max / VR/AR ready outputGoal: Help sales team & online clients explore property remotely remotely with realistic navigation

Project Context and Objectives

The client, a real estate developer in Dubai, was at the very beginning of constructing a residential complex in the desert, where no physical structures existed yet. The main goal was to create a 3D visualization of the residential complex and its surrounding environment.

The project included:

Developing a visual concept for marketing purposes.

Creating an animated promotional video to showcase the complex.

Building a fully interactive web application that allows users to:

Fly over the buildings and explore them from the outside.

Select floors and individual apartments.

View the scenery from balconies.

Walk through apartments in an interactive virtual tour.

This project stands out from traditional architectural visualizations by combining photorealistic rendering, interactive exploration, and immersive storytelling, providing potential buyers and investors with the most realistic and engaging experience of the project even before construction begins.

The Secret of Outstanding VisualizationThe client provided only a SketchUp model, visualization references, and a generated image of the surrounding site. Everything else had to be created from scratch, which meant that every step required careful planning and multiple approvals.

Final results:

Tools and skills

Software: Unreal Engine 5, 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, PhotoshopDeliverables: walkthrough, full‑res renders, navigation UIOutcomes: Increased client engagement, tool for sales team

Elmin Karaev

3D artist / Unreal Engine Artist

modeling | visualization | animation

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