As soon as a new client walks into designer Jim Bellamy of California Pools’ office, they’re immersed in a unique experience that incorporates visuals, sound, and even sample design materials ready for their inspection.

Do you feel like you spend more time drawing a client's home than designing their outdoor living space? Is it sometimes tedious to get their home to look exactly right? Or is it time consuming to measure everything you need on their home?

Wouldn’t it be cool if, instead of painstakingly drawing and measuring every detail of your client’s home to use in your design, you could simply design around a scaled 3D model? And wouldn’t it be neat if your drone could capture more than just nice pictures? What if your drone could give you a 3D model of your client’s home, right now, in Vip3D?

The first time that Tod Brown of Barrington Pools saw a 3D pool design, he knew it would change for the better the way he shared his work with his clients.

He already knew that clients loved seeing pictures of potential pools — and as a pool guy who'd sold $3.5M in just his first year designing pools, Brown was always excited to find new ways to make the process of winning over clients not just easier but also more enjoyable for his clients.

That was especially important to Brown because his clients wanted increasingly ingenious, spectacularly custom pools.

Creating and sharing the most innovative, and the most immersive, 3D experiences with clients is one of the best ways to engage your clients with your designs.

Now, standing out and reaching even more clients with your 3D designs just got easier. Capture your clients' attention when you add 360° images to your website, ready for your clients to explore instantly — from every angle, from any device.

The question of whether to charge clients for pool and landscape design work is one that many designers — from those just starting out to seasoned professionals — often face as they consider strategies to grow their business.

Creating interactive presentations for your clients just got easier.

When you use Vip3D to create interactive 360-degree screenshots, images, and videos — you’ll be able to share with your clients the easiest, most engaging new way to explore every detail of their future outdoor living space.

All it takes is one quick press of the button in Vip3D’s Presentation Stage — then just use the mouse on your PC, or the screen on your tablet or smartphone, to let your clients explore your design in any direction.

Welcome to the Spring Update! Whether you’re already enjoying sunny weather or you’re waiting out a few more snow days, today’s Spring Update brings you brand-new tools, features, and improvements that will get your clients excited to start their next projects!

When we sent off 2016, we also celebrated our 15th Anniversary — 15 years of 3D swimming pools and landscapes, 15 years of incredibly detailed presentations, and 15 years of making lives better through 3D experiences.

Let’s start the next 15 years off right: with spectacular new ways for you to share your most incredible work with your clients! First on the list: 360-degree photos and videos for your clients to explore!

Ready to see what 2017 brings? Check out today’s update video — we’re sharing with you those new photos and videos, plus new ways of sharing on social media, and much, much more:

Create 360 Photos/Videos (Vip3D Exclusive)

In Vip3D, you can now create an incredibly beautiful new way of sharing your designs with your clients: 360 degree photos and video.

The new 360-degree photos and videos are not just beautiful — they’re also interactive! Using your mouse, tablet, or even your smartphone, you can invite your client to look around and explore your design in any direction.

For more information on 360 photos and videos, please check out our in-depth 360 Photo and Video guide.

Twelve years ago, Chris Anderson’s company was one of the first to start using Pool Studio for contemporary backyard design. Then a senior in college, Anderson had grown up in the pool industry, and he recognized a great opportunity when he saw one.

The beginning of the year has traditionally been a time when many of us take a moment to take stock: what worked, what didn’t, and what new goals we should set for ourselves.

So we recognize that you might already be awash in tips on how to make resolutions that’ll help you do more, sell more, and make this year Your Year.

As ready as we are to share with you all of the most intriguing new research, tips, and ideas, we also recognize that sometimes you just want immediate answers that solve your most pressing needs.

Let’s take aim at one of those needs: how to create customer experiences so compelling that your clients just can’t wait to get started.

When landscape designer Tyson Scott recently got the nod to design his alma mater’s $150 million, 2,000-acre campus, he knew that he’d earned the opportunity not simply because he’d presented a vividly detailed plan or because he’d taken the time to make certain that the plan he offered would transform the campus into a multipurpose space to inspire and invigorate both the companies focused on high-tech research and the students who’d live, work, and study there.