Title :
A VR-centred workspace for supporting collaborative urban planning
Author :
Yao, Jialiang ; Fernando, Terrence ; Tawfik, Hissam ; Armtiage, Richard ; Billing, Iona
Author_Institution :
Centre for Virtual Environ., Salford Univ., UK
Abstract :
Collaboration between urban planners, government officers and other stake-holders is a key task in the urban planning procedure. This paper presents a VR-centred workspace prototype for supporting collaborative urban planning. This workspace comprises a variety of technologies such as semi-immersive stereo display, table-top display, mobile devices and an optical tracking system. A system framework for VR-centred workspace integrates a user interaction layer along with service and data management capabilities. This open-structured framework can support various visualisation and simulation modules and facilitates collaboration. We have implemented this prototype and some test scenarios have been examined with user groups.
Keywords :
data visualisation; groupware; town and country planning; virtual reality; VR-centred workspace; collaborative urban planning; mobile devices; open-structured framework; optical tracking system; semi-immersive stereo display; simulation modules; stake-holders; table-top display; user groups; user interaction; visualisation modules; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Decision making; Government; Optical devices; Process planning; Urban planning; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2005. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-84600-002-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2005.194234
