Virtual reality immersion with an architectural design software application

A computerized method of providing an interactive, virtual experience that enables an end user to view a representation of an architectural design while the end user moves through a physical space for which the architectural design is intended, comprising:

• positioning a plurality of sensor modules within a physical space;
• providing an architectural design file to a virtual reality module having a display screen and one or more position sensors, wherein the architectural design file includes an architectural design that is renderable to create a three-dimensional image of a new design for the physical space;
• receiving an initial communication from at least one of the plurality of sensor modules within the physical space, wherein the communication comprises an indication of a relative physical position and view direction of an end user within the physical space;
• automatically associating the end user with a first bookmark corresponding to a pre-determined virtual position and virtual view direction within the architectural design, the first bookmark being selected from a plurality of bookmarks associated with respective pre-determined virtual positions and virtual view directions within the displayed architectural design, wherein the first bookmark is automatically selected for association with the end user based upon the indication of the relative physical position and view direction of the end user within the physical space according to the plurality of sensor modules within the physical space;
• using the pre-determined virtual position and virtual view direction of the first bookmark associated with the end user based upon the indication of the relative physical position and view direction of the end user within the physical space to display the three-dimensional image of the new design as an overlay to the physical space on the display screen of the virtual reality module, wherein a point of view shown on the display provides a virtual physical position and a virtual view of the end user corresponding to the pre-determined virtual position and virtual view direction of the first bookmark;
• receiving a new communication from at least one of the plurality of sensor modules within the physical space, wherein the new communication comprises an indication of a change in relative physical position of the end user within the physical space;
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• displaying on the display screen a new three-dimensional image overlaid against the physical space, wherein the new three-dimensional image provides an updated virtual physical position and updated virtual view for the end user within the display.