Virtual Reality and the Built Environment

Jennifer White

150 pages, parution le 11/09/2002

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Résumé

This is the first text to focus on virtual reality applications for design of the built environment.
This guide explores the use of virtual reality at the practical level. It provides an overview of industrial applications of virtual reality and explores relevant scientific research. International case studies explore the use of virtual reality within leading organizations concerned with construction, engineering, architectural design and planning. Key examples from other leading sectors are also highlighted. The book acts as an accessible and innovative resource, bridging the gap
between technological fantasy and current practice.
The companion web site offers access to online virtual reality models, and links to on-line virtual reality sites, making this a valuable design resource, and a stimulus for innovation.
Virtual reality promises to radically change the design, construction and management of the built
environment. As an interactive spatial real-time medium it is beginning to be used by professionals to enable participation in the design process, and to facilitate planning and management at the urban scale. This book explores the opportunities that virtual reality
offers and engages the cognitive, technical and organizational issues its use raises.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Maps, models and virtual reality
3. Building prototypes
4. Wider involvement
5. Revisiting the urban map
6. Practical implications
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L'auteur - Jennifer White

University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
Jennifer Whyte is an expert in the use of virtual reality for the design and production of the built environment. After completing a degree in architecture, she worked in architectural practice and taught design at degree level before undertaking a PhD. Dr Whyte has conducted industrial case studies throughout the world and has reported the results of her research internationally in academic journal and conference papers, and through presentations to industry and articles in the trade press.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Architectural Press
Auteur(s)	Jennifer White
Parution	11/09/2002
Nb. de pages	150
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	530g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750653725
ISBN13	978-0-7506-5372-5