Virtual Reality and the Built Environment

Jennifer (Imperial College Whyte

ISBN 10: 1138668753 / ISBN 13: 9781138668751

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb 2018, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Virtual Reality and the Built Environment
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138668753
• ISBN 13: 9781138668751
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 256W x 196H x 14D millimeters 256 millimeters width by 196 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 506 grams

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Synopsis

Like the first edition, the central question this book addresses is how virtual reality can be used in the design, production and management of the built environment. The book aims to consider three key questions. What are the business drivers for the use of virtual reality? What are its limitations? How can virtual reality be implemented within organizations? Using international case studies it answers these questions whilst addressing the growth in the recent use of building information modelling (BIM) and the renewed interest in virtual reality to visualize and understand data to make decisions.

With the aim of inspiring and informing future use, the authors take a fresh look at current applications in the construction sector, situating them within a broader trajectory of innovation. The new edition expands the scope to consider both immersive virtual reality as a way of bringing professionals inside a building information model, and augmented reality as a way of taking this model and related asset information out to the job-site. The updated edition also considers these technologies in the context of other developments that were in their infancy when the first edition was written – such as laser scanning, mobile technologies and big data.

Virtual Reality in the Built Environment is essential reading for professionals in architecture, construction, design, surveying and engineering and students on related courses who need an understanding of BIM, CAD and virtual reality in the sector.

Please follow the book's Twitter account: @vrandbe

http://buildingvr.blogspot.co.uk/

About the Author

Jennifer Whyte is Laing O'Rourke / Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Systems Integration at the Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation in the Department of Civial and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, UK.

Dragana Nikolić is Lecturer in Digital Architecture in the School of the Built Environment at the University of Reading, UK.