Virtual Reality for City Planning

Autor: Halil İbrahim Şenol, Öskan Barutcuoglu, Songül Akdağ, Fred Ernst
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Harran Üniversitesi Mühendislik Dergisi. 6:150-160
ISSN: 2528-8733
DOI: 10.46578/humder.941015
Popis: City planning as all kind of planning is about something unreal requiring much imagination capabilities by those involved in this process. Therefore, the traditional means to show the results of planning consisting mainly of lengthy reports and 2D maps are insufficient. Although research in the field of GIS based planning has dealt with a big number of visualization tools including glyph maps, heat map and traditional 2D graphics, research on the opportunities of Virtual Reality (VR) for simulating potential future states of our cities is missing. Such simulations would include exhibit the results of “what-if” scenarios to stakeholders like decision-makers and the general public.The purpose of this research was to develop a largely automated workflow from a 2D map of a city block to a 3D model and finally to a VR environment that can be used without expert knowledge. This will bring urban planning to a new level by visualization of big development projects on the spot. The development of this workflow has been explained in detail. Deficiencies in the current approach are discussed and directions for future research are given.
Databáze: OpenAIRE