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The advance of digital modeling software, computers with greater processing capacity and the evolution of specific rendering software, contribute to the increased use of images that simulate a real environment, being a practice increasingly inserted in the professional exercise of Architecture and in the university. This practice is already observed in undergraduate scanswhere students seek to learn on their own the use of programs and plug-ins for rendering. This work aimed to elaborate a process aimed at teaching architecture design using modeling in SketchUp and application of low-cost immersive virtual reality simulation tools for analysis of model studies in design disciplines. The method used was the use of some renderers and free virtual reality tools on the Internet. As a result we had the first contact of the students with the immersive virtual reality tools and in turn broadening the perception of the details of the objects studied and spatial vision

With the advancement of digital modeling software, computers with greater processing capacity and the evolution of specific rendering software, contribute to the increased use of images that simulate a real environment, being a practice increasingly inserted in the professional exercise of Architecture. This practice is already observed in the graduations where students seek to learn on their own the use of programs and plug-ins for rendering. This work aims to elaborate a didactic material aimed at teaching architectural design with the use of more usual software for model rendering and application of low-cost immersive virtual reality simulation tools for analysis of project development studies and not only as a final presentation product. The method used will be a research on the main existing renderers compatible with academic reality, choice of the most viable for students, elaborate guided exercises for the use of renderers with observation of products depending on the time spent. As a result it is intended to elaborate a didactic material with the main advantages and disadvantages of the analyzed software, and a practical exercise for application in the disciplines of architectural design.