Development of VR experiencing system with hemi-spherical immersive projection display for urban environment design

Author

Shibano, Nobuyuki ; Hareesh, P.V. ; Kashiwagi, Masanori ; Sawada, Kazuya ; Takemura, Haruo

Author_Institution

Matsushita Electr. Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

499

Lastpage

505

Abstract

This paper introduces a VR experiencing system for construction planning and design of urban development in advance. The characteristics of the developed system are equipped with two different size of hemi-spherical screen display and supplying the circumstance that several users can share the VR space at the same time and design it cooperatively. By using the system, it is possible to show the simulation results about strong wind blowing around the buildings, diffusion of a poisonous gas under fire accident, and evacuation using hundreds of humanoid models. Also some kinds of haptic device are combined to expand the functionality

Keywords

civil engineering computing; town and country planning; virtual reality; VR experiencing system; construction planning; functionality; haptic device; hemi-spherical immersive projection display; humanoid models; poisonous gas; simulation results; strong wind blowing; urban environment design; Displays; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Systems and Multimedia, 2001. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1402-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VSMM.2001.969705

Filename

969705