Conveying Architectural Form and Space with Virtual Reality

Anette Kreutzberg

Conveying Architectural Form and Space with Virtual Reality

Institute of Architecture and Design

Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the user experience of non-specialists
viewing and navigating in an architectural native (Revit) BIM model in Virtual
Reality (VR) with a head mounted display (HMD). The perceived sense of
presence as well as the quality of vision and total VR experience was examined
and also compared with standard computer screen display. The study shows that
conveying architectural form and space to non-specialists can be done with
reasonable good results with the use of present time real-time rendered BIM
models in VR even if the HMD is not calibrated individually. The study also
shows that development of VR hardware and real-time render software as well as
the practical use must be further developed to fully utilize the VR potential.

Translated title of the contribution	Formidling af arkitektonisk form og rum med Virtual Reality
Original language	English
Publication date	16 Sept 2015
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2015
Event	The 33rd eCAADe Conference: Real Time - eCAADe, Wien, Austria Duration: 16 Sept 2015 → 18 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	The 33rd eCAADe Conference
Location	eCAADe
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Wien
Period	16/09/2015 → 18/09/2015

Keywords

virtual reality
HMD Head Mounted Display
Oculus Rift
Real-time render
BIM-Viewer

Artistic research

No

Access to Document

http://cumincad.scix.net/data/works/att/ecaade2015_271.content.pdf

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