CHANGING
ROOMS IS that
dreadful TV programme
where neighbours come into your
home accompanied by really
annoying people – like Laurence
Llewellyn-Bowen and Linda Barker– and redecorate one of your rooms
to their tastes. If that sounds like
the ultimate nightmare, then you
would probably like the idea of
Microspot Interiors.
This 3D software package is
geared specifically towards room
design, and enables you to decorate
and furnish a room in virtual reality.
It’s supplied with a library of furniture
and textures so that you can layout a
room and rearrange things to your
heart’s content.You just drag and drop
furniture into place. It’s even possible to
scan in wallpaper or textures and apply
them to surfaces. If only real decorating
were so simple.
Not only does Interiors provide the
furniture, but there are also lighting
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though,
could probably benefit from some rudimentary grounding in
using this type of software for really
professional results.That said, once
you’ve laid out your room and are
happy with things, Interiors does a
very good job of rendering the light,
shadows and textures of the room
you’ve designed using the supplied
rendering plug-in.
Despite being very good value,
Interiors does cry out for a slightly
simpler and more elegant interface.
It’s a bit confusing and certainly not
the sort of package you could pick
up from the shelves of a PC superstore,
before going straight home and
designing that new dream kitchen in just
a couple of minutes.
However, once you’ve finished your
room, you can view your design from any
angle or even spin it around through 360
degrees. As Linda Barker would say:“It
works really, really well”.
Mark Sparrow
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