Using Mixed Reality for electrical construction design communication

Chalhoub, Jad; Ayer, Steven K.

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2017.10.028

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“…Game-engines offer an abstracted access to the mobile Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) on a variety of different devices and required little modifications to the code and data in order to address those different devices-leaving polygon reduction as one of the final challenges to deal with the arising device diversity [42,43], apart from overall interaction design and scenario finding. Examples of visualisations of BIM data are e.g., [44][45][46].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tango vs. HoloLens: A Comparison of Collaborative Indoor AR Visualisations Using Hand-Held and Hands-Free Devices

Riedlinger

Oppermann

Prinz

2019

MTI

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In this article, we compare a Google Tango tablet with the Microsoft HoloLens smartglasses in the context of the visualisation and interaction with Building Information Modeling data. A user test was conducted where 16 participants solved four tasks, two for each device, in small teams of two. Two aspects are analysed in the user test: the visualisation of interior designs and the visualisation of Building Information Modeling data. The results show that the Tango tablet is surprisingly preferred by most users when it comes to collaboration and discussion in our scenario. While the HoloLens offers hands-free operation and a stable tracking, users mentioned that the interaction with the Tango tablet felt more natural. In addition, users reported that it was easier to get an overall impression with the Tango tablet rather than with the HoloLens smartglasses.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tango vs. HoloLens: A Comparison of Collaborative Indoor AR Visualisations Using Hand-Held and Hands-Free Devices

Riedlinger

Oppermann

Prinz

2019

MTI

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“…Chalhoub and Ayer [10] then investigated the perception of field workers in using a BIM model through HoloLens as the construction documents to assemble electrical conduits compared with traditional paper-based communication in 2D drawings. Chalhoub and Ayer [11] further examined its impact on construction performance in terms of productivity and quality based on the same electrical conduit assembly, and discovered that using BIM models through MR significantly increased productivity rate, lowered the number of installation errors, and reduced the time needed to understand the design during the electrical conduit assembly process.…”

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Comparing the Functionality between Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality for Architecture and Construction Uses

Huang¹,

Shakya²,

Odeleye³

2019

JCEA

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Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) offer unique opportunities for the architecture and construction industry through different approaches with building information modeling (BIM). While VR offers architecture and construction practitioners the ability to personally experience the built environment in an immersive, MR with its unique ability of overlaying digital information in the real world allows practitioners to perform on-site visualization for construction planning and as-built verification. With their similar but distinct characteristics, VR and MR offer a variety of functionality to the architecture and construction industry that often confuses practitioners on what to choose to best fit their needs. To clarify this confusion, this paper investigates the available technologies of VR and MR in terms of both hardware and software and compares the functionality between the two for architecture and construction uses. While VR hardware has been developed into three categories based on their connection types and tracking methods, MR hardware has mainly focused on standalone devices. Eight VR software and nine MR software have been identified, investigated, and compared. This paper provides the latest information for architecture and construction practitioners on how VR and MR hardware and software work similarly and differently.

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“…The on-site part of the system proposed is developed with the support of a head-mounted display device with a see-through screen capable of presenting 3D virtual objects on top of existing physical surfaces. [31] This technology enables maintenance personnel to interact with the building and with virtual building objects, thus, pushing mixed reality towards a necessary goal so as to promote its widespread use [11].…”

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Mixed ReaIity Approach for the Management of Building Maintenance and Operation

Naticchia¹,

Corneli²,

Carbonari³

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been indicated as the right tool to provide the construction industry with the productivity boost that has been lacking in the last 40 years. This momentum finds its highest fulfilment in the support provided by BIM models to knowledge management and the automation of process. However, the management of information flow is still far from its automation breakthrough and, as far as operation and maintenance are concerned, knowledge about procedures is often incomplete. Moreover, processes are often do not undergo optimisation and the individual steps to be performed are not communicated, but in facility management (FM) the transmission of know-how is fundamental particularly because some operations are dangerous or risky. In this framework, Mixed Reality (MR) represents a powerful means to communicate the correct data concerning both geometric features to be considered and the standard procedure to be followed. The aim of this paper is to investigate the possibility of exploiting the benefits provided by these technologies to achieve automation in the transmission of information and optimisation of procedures, improving efficiency and productivity thanks to a better understanding of the operations to be carried out and the reduction of errors. With the support of a head-mounted display (HDM) device with a see-through screen capable of presenting 3D virtual objects, this research tries to combine information from a BIM model with reality to study the benefits for maintenance personnel.

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Using Mixed Reality for electrical construction design communication

Cited by 132 publications

References 33 publications

Tango vs. HoloLens: A Comparison of Collaborative Indoor AR Visualisations Using Hand-Held and Hands-Free Devices

Tango vs. HoloLens: A Comparison of Collaborative Indoor AR Visualisations Using Hand-Held and Hands-Free Devices

Comparing the Functionality between Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality for Architecture and Construction Uses

Mixed ReaIity Approach for the Management of Building Maintenance and Operation

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