Co-Presence in a Shared Virtual Environment (SVE): A Case Study of Highway Work Zone Construction

Saeidi, Sanaz; Zhu, Yimin; Lifkooee, Masoud Zadghorban; Mollazadeh, Maryam; Li, Xin

doi:10.1061/9780784482308.056

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“…Another study by Du et al (2018) assessed the efficiency of VR as a collaborative decision-making tool through co-presences in the virtual environment as well as using a live BIM metadata transfer protocol. This study revealed that co-presence can enhance the communication and decision-making process among the stakeholders and improve their level of presence in the virtual environment, which reiterates the earlier findings of Saeidi et al (2019). Furthermore, due to the limitations of the BIM authoring tool used (Revit) for this study, it was impossible to create a visually realistic environment that can deliver a compelling and richer experience for the users.…”

Section: Immersive Technology In the Architecture Engineering And Construction Industrysupporting

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The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study

Prabhakaran

Mahamadu

Mahdjoubi

et al. 2021

ECAM

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PurposeThis study aims to propose a novel approach to developing an interactive and immersive virtual environment for design communication in the furniture, fixture and equipment (FFE) sector. The study further investigates its effectiveness in enhancing the design communication and coordination between the stakeholder.Design/methodology/approachQuasi-experimental research was adopted involving 12 FFE professionals, designers and end-users in single-group pre-test-post-test design. The tests were performed primarily to ascertain the impact of the application of interactive virtual reality on delivering furniture design selection and coordination tasks. Further interviews were used to elicit participants' views on the functionality and usefulness of the proposed approach.FindingsThe findings indicate that an interactive immersive virtual FFE environment: enhances the productivity of the design team through a collaborative virtual workspace offering a synchronised networked design testing and review platform; reduces the time required for the stakeholders to comprehend the design options and test those; enhances the design communication and quality of the design and encourages the collaborative culture in the industry; improves the design satisfaction of the stakeholders; and finally, requires significantly less time for design decision-making when compared to traditional methods.Research limitations/implicationsFuture studies should incorporate space planning concepts and explore non-experimental methodologies in a real-life FFE project setup.Practical implicationsThe proposed approach provides opportunities for enhanced interpretation of design intent in FFE as well as efficiency in design selection and coordination tasks when compared with conventional two-dimensional methods of communication.Originality/valueThis study proposes a step change in the way furniture design is communicated and coordinated through an immersive virtual experience. Previous studies have not addressed the issue of impact on design coordination instead focussed on marketing and sales.

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Section: Immersive Technology In the Architecture Engineering And Construction Industrysupporting

confidence: 72%

The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study

Prabhakaran

Mahamadu

Mahdjoubi

et al. 2021

ECAM

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“…In addition, it is the type of evaluation most commonly used in the database analyzed. Within the literature, articles were identified that use a means to evaluate experiences: interviews [ 19 , 24 , 27 , 68 , 70 , 73 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 ]; questionnaires [ 13 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 ]; interviews and questionnaires that use the Likert scale [ 108 ] to quantify the participants’ response, varying between five, six, and seven values [ 26 , 28 , 32 , 71 , 80 , 109 , 110 ,…”

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“…The literature identifies cases in which sensors monitor the position [ 9 ] and body movements, such as head or ankle [ 100 ], while others develop warning systems to warn of the proximity of hazards or collisions on the site [ 69 , 102 ]. Some articles sought to monitor the environment and improve the transmission of data and information [ 9 , 24 ] and study the interaction between agents involved in an activity [ 25 ]. In addition, one article focused on monitoring the environment interacting with machinery [ 101 ].…”

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“…These technologies enable immersive project review, virtual and safe project walk-throughs, incorporation of safety elements (either personal protection elements or general safety elements for the construction site), and the management of collective and individual protection elements on the job site, among other uses [ 17 ]. Some of the most common XR experiences deal with safety issues, such as working at heights [ 18 , 19 , 20 ], the influence of noise on workers’ decisions [ 21 , 22 , 23 ], monitoring through the use of augmented reality and sensors to track the interaction between heavy machinery and workers [ 9 , 24 , 25 ], and mainly in training on the use of tools, machinery, materials, among others [ 26 , 27 , 28 ]. For training activities, virtual reality (VR) educational narrative games provide rich, high-fidelity environments that deliver a fully immersive and interactive storytelling experience for teaching [ 29 ].…”

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Critical Analysis of the Evaluation Methods of Extended Reality (XR) Experiences for Construction Safety

Salinas

Rivera

Serrano

2022

IJERPH

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The construction industry has high accident rates. The sector is exploring various tools to improve safety management, training, and awareness to achieve zero accidents. This work focuses on extended reality (XR), which encompasses virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies. Several authors have developed training experiences for construction safety in XR environments with positive conclusions about their effectiveness. However, there is no standardization regarding the evaluation methods used in the sector, and many experiences do not use any method. This lack is critical, as whenever the aim is to evaluate the degree of awareness of security issues, the implementation of evaluation systems is indispensable to make known the methods used in the literature to evaluate the effectiveness of the experiences and represent support for future research. This research identifies developments in XR experiences and analyzes the validation methods through a systematic review using the PRISMA methodology. It identifies two evaluation methods, objective and subjective, which are each broken down into four categories. The results show the types of evaluation, safety-related purposes, and safety application objectives used by the database classification.

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A Critical Review of How EXtended Reality (XR) has Addressed Key Factors Influencing Safety on Construction Projects (fSCPs)

Muñoz-La Rivera,

Mora-Serrano,

Oñate

2024

Arch Computat Methods Eng

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Co-Presence in a Shared Virtual Environment (SVE): A Case Study of Highway Work Zone Construction

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study

The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study

Critical Analysis of the Evaluation Methods of Extended Reality (XR) Experiences for Construction Safety

A Critical Review of How EXtended Reality (XR) has Addressed Key Factors Influencing Safety on Construction Projects (fSCPs)

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