Transforming Spaces: Delivering Immersive 3D Interior Design with Unreal Engine
An industry in need of a cutting-edge tool to transform how interior architects visualize and personalize ceiling products. Zentia aimed to create an eCommerce app that provides an immersive and interactive design experience, setting new standards in the market.
- Wireframes
- Figma Prototype
Transforming Spaces
Delivering immersive 3D interior design with Unreal Engine
The Challenge
Interior architects had no good way to visualize and personalize ceiling products before specifying them. Zentia wanted an eCommerce app that made that process immersive and interactive — setting a new standard for how ceiling products get chosen, not just another product catalogue.
Getting there
What I Did
User flows and prototypes — detailed user flows, wireframes, and an interactive Figma prototype, kept aligned with project timelines and technical constraints throughout.
Interface design — an intuitive interface for the Sonify 3D configurator, letting interior architects visualize, design, and personalize Zentia's ceiling products across multiple virtual environments.
Collaboration and integration — partnered with a C++ developer to integrate Unreal Engine's pixel streaming, delivering server-side rendering direct to the end user with no high-end hardware required.
The final product
The outcome
More on what shipped
Feature set
Time of Day changes, Virtual Walkthroughs, and a downloadable Bill of Materials for accurate installation planning — on top of the core configurator and pixel streaming
Impact
Streamlined the design and specification process for architects, including integration with Revit files. Positioned Zentia as a digital innovation leader in the ceiling solutions market.
What I learned
Building Sonify underlined the value of close cross-functional collaboration. Working with a C++ developer and Unreal Engine experts to solve pixel streaming was a real technical stretch, and delivering a tool that exceeded expectations was a genuine milestone in digitizing the architectural specification process.
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“Sonify 3D Studio is an inspiring digital design tool that embraces the principles of parametric design to give architects the opportunity to create personalised acoustic ceilings quickly and easily. Sonify 3D Studio enables architects to create highly aesthetic ceiling designs while preserving the Golden Thread of Information throughout their project, from initial concept right through to build.”
John Spicer, Head of New Product Development at Zentia
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