Paper Info
Title
Design and Initial Evaluation of a VR based Immersive and Interactive Architectural Design Discussion System
Abstract
Design discussion is a very important course in architecture education. In this paper, we developed a VR based architecture design discussion system that allows members to visualize and discuss the architectural models and to modify the models during discussion. Since the system is designed to work on top of Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, the object database is updated right after the object modification. Members communicate via voice, object manipulations, and mid-air sketching as well as on-surface sketching in the virtual environment. Several tools have been designed to enhance the sense of presence and to make the discussion more effective. We also developed a rollback mechanism to help users intuitively and quickly revert to a previous state of discussion to make some changes or to start a new direction of discussion. To evaluate the system, we conducted an initial user study with 14 participants to assess the user experience, user impression and effectiveness of the system. The feedback from participants were positive and suggested that the system could be effective and useful for supporting architecture design discussion.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/VR46266.2020.00056
2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
Human-centered computing,Virtual reality,Human-centered computing,Computer supported cooperative work,Human-centered computing,User interface design,Applied computing,E-learning
Conference
2642-5246
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-7281-5609-5
0
0.34
References 
Authors
13
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ting-Wei Hsu110.77
Ming-Han Tsai292.12
Sabarish V. Babu317425.34
Pei-Hsien Hsu411.45
Hsuan-Ming Chang500.68
Wen-Chieh Lin647644.50
Jung-hong Chuang713619.62