User Engagement for Sustainable Development: How Can Virtual Reality Help?

Rezvani, Mohammad; Taghaddos, Hosein; Sobhkhiz, Soroush; Noghabaei, Mojtaba; Ghorab, Khashayar

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-1029-6_18

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“…XR also contributes to high-performance designs through increased user engagement by offering novel ways to perceive BIM information. VR can present the BIM model through the lens of human experience and perception, allowing for design assessments of issues such as traffic sign sensitivity, road marking, highway landscaping, traffic safety, lane glare, and more (Rezvani et al 2023). As AR combines the real world with virtual information, mobile applications of AR can scan the real world and measure and identify the materials of existing stock.…”

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Extended Reality as a Catalyst for Circular Economy Transition in the Built Environment

Soman,

Nikolić,

Sanchez

2024

Circular Economy and Sustainability

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Extended reality (XR) technologies refer to mixed reality and virtual reality configurations that augment real or represent fully virtual information in an intuitive and immersive manner, transforming the way we plan, design, construct, and operate built environment assets. XR offers great potential to support and accelerate the transition of built environment practices to a circular economy by supporting decisions based on narrow, slow, close, and regenerate strategies. Narrow strategies use XR to simulate the building process to identify potential issues, reduce material waste, and avoid costly mistakes. Slow strategies use XR to enable construction with durable materials and designing for adaptability to extend the lifespan of buildings. Close strategies use XR to facilitate material recovery and support repurposing and reuse, thus reducing waste. Regenerate strategies use XR as a motivational tool to engage citizens, communities, and professionals in design and management decisions. However, applying XR is not without challenges, including technical and process-related limitations, potential misuse, and a lack of rich digital twins. Future research opportunities include the development of rich and accurate digital twins, ethical and sustainable use of XR technologies, and overcoming technical and logistical challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration and user-friendly and accessible XR hardware and software.

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confidence: 99%