Kiwi Chateau     

OK, so Geoff is a sick puppy!  Not content with simply taking photos of the gite, he decided to make a virtual model of it.  Why?  Just because he CAN !

Pictured here are a few screen-shots... To experience the 3D walk-through properly  requires downloading Epic Games' "Unreal Engine" and a "grunty" 64-bit computer with a top-end graphics card, lots of free disk space and at least 20Gb of memory... not for the faint-hearted!

Alright, so it's a bit up-in-the-air!

 Not to mention draughty and spartan:

No skylights, staircase or fire-place, either!

But at least you can cook!

And store stuff:

Even do your laundry, if you MUST !  (Though you're MEANT to be on HOLIDAY!)

There's seating for six in the kitchen:

Progress... But still those walls... and no way to reach the bedrooms!

We really DO need some STAIRS:

... which tend to work better when they're IN a house!

Proceed to top of right-hand column...

There... TV / Video / DVD / free UK Sky channels... Books, staircase, walls, places to sit !

For what more could one ask?!

Oh, of course... Yes, we DO provide broadband and wi-fi...   (This IS, after all, rural France, not New Zealand!) :

(We removed the phone though... 
      Besides, you probably have Skype!)

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We even provide window-boxes... in the warmer months:

Those stairs DO lead somewhere, you know!

Upstairs!

... to Bedroom 1:

 ... and Bedroom 2:

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Geoff hasn't finished "decorating" the upstairs and downstairs bathrooms and toilets yet... Rome wasn't built in a day, you know!

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It should probably be pointed that there are currently no REAL gates in the driveway, although Geoff has DESIGNED some, which he'd like to have made out of wrought-iron at some point:

Oh... and for the sake of completeness, because no "real-life" photos have been uploaded to this site recently, we now sport a "temporary" garage in the driveway:

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Note:

Geoff uses a number of different 3D programs, including Blender, 3D Studio Max, SL, etc., along with Photoshop and assorted plug-ins. The final twpo screen-shots on this page (immediately above) were created using a "lesser" 3D engine than the others.

Movie:

If you'd like to see a "cute" movie made entirely with the Unreal Engine, check this out:

Kite Movie