Vitro Architectural Glass has updated its VitroSphere Digital Glass Simulator to make it easier for users to visualize glass that aligns with aesthetic goals. The new updates include Solarban 65 glass, Spandrelite glass for select buildings and quicker access to product data sheets, Revit Project Files (RVT), sample orders and a snapshot of the current simulation.
About VitroSphere and its updates
Introduced in spring 2022, VitroSphere offers users a tool to view over 20 Solarban solar control, low-e glass products’ color, transparency and reflectance across five building types: offices, convention center, hospital, multi-family and university.
The tool enables users to visualize façade choices under various conditions, including sunny, overcast and nighttime settings, all of which can influence facade appearance. A zoom function allows for closer inspection of the glass, offering a detailed view both up close and from the perspective of being inside the building. There is also a comparison tool that allows users to apply an additional Solarban coating to their simulation.
To give users an additional visual element of what a transformed façade may look like, Vitro added a Spandrelite glass feature that shows views of black, warm gray or white Spandrelite glass options on building types such as offices and multi-family. VitroSphere is expected to be refined in the future to include a BirdSmart Bird Safe Glass feature that allows users to visualize the product’s laser-etched, first-surface dot patterns.
VitroSphere also quickly connects users to other Vitro glass design tools like Construct an IGU and emissions Calculator.
In 2023, VitroSphere earned an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine.
