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Your Vision, Our Expertise

 

  • Tailored videos for architecture, Business Investment District (BID) proposals, stakeholder buy in, marketing and so much more.
  • Customisable length, animation complexity and focus areas.
  • Seamless integration with VU.CITY's 3D models.
  • Trusted by leading architects, developers and BID's.
  • High definition, professional-grade outputs.
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Why Choose our 3D Flythrough service?

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Customisation

Every video tailored to your specifications, from animation styles to length.

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Engagement

Captivate your audience with dynamic visuals that tell your story.

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Versatility

Perfect for planning submissions, marketing campaigns and public consultations.

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Timely Delivery

Flexible timelines to meet your project deadlines.

ACCURACY

Visual Impact

Highlight key details and design intent with stunning, high-resolution animations.

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Stakeholder Engagement

Build trust and excitement with a clear and accessible visualisation of your project.

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Seamless Integration

Our videos incorporate accurate data from VU.CITY’s digital twin models for unparalleled realism.

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A Proven Tool for Success

Our flythrough animations have been used to:

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Win over stakeholders and secure funding

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Support planning applications and consultations

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Enhance marketing campaigns with unforgettable visuals

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Perfect for Every Stage of Your Project

For Developers

Demonstrate project potential to investors and accelerate approvals.

For Planners

Simplify public consultations with clear, immersive visuals.

For BIDs and Marketers

Showcase developments in a compelling, attention-grabbing way.

For Architects

Add polish to presentations and communicate ideas with precision.

For Environmental Consultants

Clearly showcase the potential environmental impacts of a development on its surroundings, aiding in comprehensive EIA reports and helping to secure stakeholder buy-in.

For Urban Planners

Provide an immersive visualisation of proposed developments to evaluate their integration within existing urban environments, ensuring planning decisions are well-informed and community-focused.

For Rights of Light Surveyors

Demonstrate the visual impact of new developments on surrounding properties’ light levels, making complex right of light issues understandable for clients and stakeholders.

For Property Surveyors

Use accurate, immersive videos to present development proposals to investors, landlords, and tenants, enhancing decision-making and client confidence.

For Real Estate Consultants

Deliver persuasive visual content to support property marketing, investment pitches, and feasibility assessments, showcasing developments with clarity and impact.

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Discover how the Fleet Street Quarter BID communicated their vision to stakeholders seamlessly.

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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

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“The flythrough video produced by VU.CITY offered a clear and compelling visual representation of one of our recent projects. It simplified the communication of key concepts, engaged stakeholders more effectively, and fostered productive discussions throughout the planning process.”

Alan McCartney

Partner, Howells
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Got Questions? We've Got Answers.

Flythrough Video Service: FAQs for Urban Development and City Projects
What resolution and format are VU.CITY flythrough videos delivered in?

Our flythrough videos are delivered in 4K resolution (3840x2160 pixels) as an .mp4 file, ensuring high-quality visuals suitable for presentations and marketing.

Can VU.CITY flythrough videos highlight specific details like key landmarks, nearby transport links, interiors or landscapes?

Yes! Our videos can emphasise key elements such as nearest tube stations, iconic buildings, or any landmarks you wish to showcase. We leverage our extensive city model coverage for detailed, customised visuals.

 

While interiors are not included in VU.CITY’s existing platform, we can incorporate interior details if the client provides the necessary drawings or models.

How does VU.CITY’s flythrough video service differ from competitors?

VU.CITY offers the most comprehensive city modelling coverage, spanning multiple urban areas. Our use of a real-time rendering engine ensures quicker turnaround times compared to traditional video rendering services.

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Our unrivalled modelling coverage spans more cities than competitors, and our use of real-time rendering ensures quicker production times. Additionally, videos can be customised to highlight project-specific details, making them a powerful tool for presentations and marketing.

VU.CITY’s flythrough videos are more than just visually stunning – they offer unique features that make them a standout solution for showcasing urban development and future projects. Here’s what sets them apart:

1. Unparalleled Accuracy with Real-World Data

Our videos are built using VU.CITY’s highly detailed digital twin model, which ensures that every element, from building dimensions to street layouts, is accurate and reflective of the real-world environment. This precision is crucial for developers, architects, and planners who need to make data-driven decisions and communicate them effectively to stakeholders.

2. Visualising the Future of Cities

One of VU.CITY’s most significant USPs is the ability to show how a city will evolve over time. By integrating proposed developments, masterplans, and infrastructure upgrades, our videos provide a forward-looking perspective that helps stakeholders visualise the future impact of projects on their surroundings. This feature is particularly valuable for urban planners, local authorities, and developers working on long-term regeneration or infrastructure initiatives.

3. Broad Modelling Coverage

With the most extensive modelling coverage of cities in the market, VU.CITY enables you to create flythroughs of entire urban areas, from city centres to suburbs. Whether you need to showcase a single development or a larger neighbourhood transformation, our platform has you covered.

4. Customisation and Highlighting Key Features

Flythrough videos can be tailored to emphasise the aspects most important to your audience. Whether it’s highlighting nearby transport links, landmarks, or specific project features, we ensure the video aligns with your objectives.

5. Fast Turnaround Times

Thanks to our real-time rendering engine, we can deliver high-quality videos in a fraction of the time required by traditional rendering methods. This makes VU.CITY’s service ideal for tight project deadlines or last-minute presentation requirements.

6. Compatibility with Planning and Decision-Making Tools

VU.CITY’s flythroughs integrate seamlessly with planning tools, enabling stakeholders to assess site feasibility, test proposals, and evaluate project impacts in context. This feature supports smoother collaboration between technical teams, clients, and regulators.

7. Future-Proof Your Marketing and Planning Efforts

Our videos not only help you market and plan current developments but also provide an invaluable resource for tracking changes over time. Updating a flythrough with new developments is quick and cost-effective, ensuring your visuals stay relevant as projects evolve.

What’s the typical turnaround time for a flythrough video?

Turnaround times vary based on project complexity, but a basic flythrough video using our existing platform can be delivered in as little as a day.

What input materials are required to start a flythrough video project?

To get started, we typically need a model of your development and a suggested camera path to define the video’s flow and focus areas.

Providing a 3D model of your development is essential. This model serves as the foundation for creating the video, ensuring accuracy and visual fidelity. If you don’t have a 3D model ready, we can guide you on how to create or source one that meets the required specifications.

A suggested camera path is critical to defining the flow, focus areas, and storytelling elements of the video. This path outlines the key areas you want to highlight, whether it’s specific buildings, landscapes, or surrounding context, ensuring the video aligns with your project’s objectives.

Highly Customisable to Your Needs

One of the standout features of VU.CITY’s flythrough videos is their flexibility and customisation. The process is entirely client-led, allowing you to tailor the video to focus on the elements most important to your audience. For instance:

  • Highlight specific buildings or landmarks crucial to your project.
  • Showcase transport links like nearby train stations or road networks.
  • Emphasise views or sightlines to demonstrate the visual impact of the development.
  • Focus on particular areas or zones, such as public spaces, commercial hubs, or residential clusters.

We work closely with you to ensure the video captures your vision and communicates it effectively to your stakeholders.

Why Is Accuracy and Future Visualisation a Game-Changer?

Accurate and forward-looking visualisations help build trust and confidence with stakeholders by providing a reliable and compelling narrative about your project’s potential. They also empower decision-makers with the data and clarity they need to evaluate complex scenarios, giving you a competitive edge in a crowded market.

With VU.CITY’s flythrough videos, you’re not just showcasing your project; you’re giving your audience a glimpse into the future. This unique ability to blend accuracy, data, and vision makes our service a powerful tool for anyone shaping the cities of tomorrow.

Can flythrough videos be tailored for different types of projects, such as residential, commercial, or public sector developments?

Absolutely. Our flythrough videos are entirely customisable and can be adapted to suit any project type—residential masterplans, commercial builds, public infrastructure projects, and more.

What level of interactivity is included in VU.CITY flythrough videos?

The videos themselves are not interactive, however you can contact our team to explore these options further.

Are there different pricing tiers for VU.CITY’s flythrough video services?

Yes, pricing varies depending on the level of detail, length and complexity. Contact our sales team to request a quote.

Do you offer discounts or promotions for developers, architects, or regular clients?

We provide reduced rates for updates to previously created videos, making it easier and more affordable to keep content current. Please reach out to learn more about discounts or promotions for repeat projects.

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Which industries benefit most from fly-through videos?

Flythrough videos are a versatile tool that offer immense value across a wide range of industries and job roles, providing high-quality visuals that enhance communication, marketing, and planning efforts. Here’s a breakdown of how they are used and who benefits most:

1. Architects and Masterplanners

Architects and masterplanners use flythrough videos to visualise and communicate complex designs to clients and stakeholders. By showcasing proposed developments in a realistic 3D environment, they can highlight spatial layouts, urban integration, and design intent, aiding client approvals and early-stage feasibility studies.

2. Developers and Real Estate Marketing Teams

Developers rely on these videos to market residential and commercial projects. Flythroughs create compelling narratives that attract investors, buyers, and tenants by illustrating the full potential of developments before construction begins. Marketing teams in real estate use these visuals in campaigns, websites, and pitch presentations to drive engagement and sales.

3. Right of Light and Party Wall Consultants

Specialists in right of light and party wall disputes leverage flythrough videos to assess and present the potential impact of new developments on neighbouring properties. These videos make technical details more accessible to non-technical stakeholders, facilitating smoother dispute resolutions.

4. Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)

BIDs utilise flythrough videos to communicate urban regeneration plans, streetscape improvements, and commercial growth strategies to businesses and the public. By visualising planned developments, they gain greater buy-in and support for their initiatives.

5. Advertising and Creative Agencies

Creative teams and advertising agencies use flythrough videos to craft engaging campaigns for developers, tourism boards, or urban brands. The immersive quality of these videos helps to tell compelling visual stories that capture audience attention across digital and traditional media.

6. Video Game Designers and 3D Visualisers

Flythroughs provide inspiration and references for video game designers creating realistic urban environments. 3D visualisers in other sectors also use them to generate hyper-realistic previews of buildings, landscapes, and interiors for client presentations.

7. Telecommunications and Energy Consultants

Infrastructure planners in the telecoms and energy sectors benefit from flythroughs to visualise and assess site conditions for installations like mobile towers, renewable energy projects, and power distribution systems. These videos enhance collaboration between technical teams and stakeholders by providing a shared understanding of the environment.

8. Urban Planners and Local Authorities

Flythrough videos assist urban planners and local authorities in evaluating site feasibility, public realm enhancements, and transport infrastructure. They also use these videos to communicate plans with communities during public consultations, reducing resistance to projects through clear and engaging visualisations.

9. Graphic Designers and Marketing Content Creators

Flythrough videos are an invaluable resource for graphic designers creating multimedia content. They can repurpose these visuals for social media, websites, presentations, and brochures, ensuring consistency and professionalism across all communication channels.

10. Event Planners and Tourism Boards

Event planners and tourism boards can use flythrough videos to promote venues, showcase urban attractions, or visualise temporary installations like pavilions or festivals. These dynamic videos help capture attention and spark interest in events or destinations.

Why Are VU.CITY Flythrough Videos Essential for These Roles?
  • Enhance Stakeholder Engagement: Flythroughs bring projects to life, making complex ideas accessible and persuasive.
  • Boost Marketing Campaigns: High-quality 3D visuals stand out in crowded advertising spaces, driving clicks and conversions.
  • Improve Collaboration: Shared, realistic visuals streamline communication between multidisciplinary teams.
  • Save Time and Money: Quickly generated flythroughs reduce the time spent creating visuals and eliminate the need for expensive rendering tools.

Whether you’re an architect, marketer, planner, or consultant, VU.CITY’s flythrough videos are the perfect solution for presenting and promoting urban and infrastructure projects. Contact us today to learn how they can transform your next project!

How are flythrough videos helping clients win work or attract stakeholders?

Our flythrough videos create visually stunning representations of projects, helping clients communicate their vision effectively, capture stakeholder interest, and differentiate themselves in competitive markets.

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