Virtual reality design apparatus and method thereof

An apparatus for designing an interior construction space including an interior floor and an interior wall surface by using a construction material including a floor material, a wallpaper or a tile through virtual reality, the apparatus comprising:

• a construction image acquiring unit to acquire an image of a design space comprising an interior floor and an interior wall surface, and acquire a real construction material comprising a flooring material, a wallpaper, and a tile, or an existing construction environment in a form of an image;
• an input unit to input mapping information to the image acquired by the construction image acquiring unit, and input a function to realize a virtual reality design;
• a control unit to control storage of the image acquired by the construction image acquiring unit, and control execution of a design application according to the functions input through the input unit;
• a design application executing unit to execute the stored design application and create a design identical to reality by applying a construction image, which is obtained by photographing a real construction, to the acquired design space, under a control of the control unit;
• a storage unit to store the design application;
• a display unit to display a construction design implemented by the design application executing unit onto a screen image;
• a design information generating unit to generate design transmission information used to transmit a full screen image or a preview screen image generated by the design application executing unit through communication;
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• a communication unit to transmit the design transmission information generated by the design information generating unit to a remote place through a communication network.