Two real-world case studies on 3D web applications for participatory urban planning
| Autor: | Matti Pouke, Timo Koskela, Ciprian Florea, Toni Alatalo, Tomi Hurskainen, Timo Ojala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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virtual city model
Web standards medicine.medical_specialty Unity Download business.industry Computer science 0211 other engineering and technologies 020207 software engineering 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Web engineering Skin World Wide Web case study Web Accessibility Initiative Urban planning 11. Sustainability 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Web application Emscripten business Web modeling performance |
| Zdroj: | Web3D |
| Popis: | 3D Web is a potential platform for publishing and distributing 3D visualizations that have proven useful in enabling the participation of the general public in urban planning. However, technical requirements imposed by detailed and rich real-world plans and related functionalities are demanding for 3D web technologies. In this paper we explore the maturity of modern 3D web technologies in participatory urban planning through two real-world case studies. Applications built on Unity-based platform are published on the web to allow the general public to create, browse and comment on urban plans. The virtual models of seven urban development sites of different visual styles are optimized in terms of download sizes and memory use to be feasible on browsers used by the general public. We report qualitative feedback from users and present a technical analysis of the applications in terms of download sizes, runtime performance and memory use. We summarize the findings of the case studies into an assessment of the general feasibility of modern 3D web technologies in web-based urban planning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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