TY - GEN
T1 - Comparing Virtual Reality and 2-Dimensional Drawings for the Visualization of a Construction Project
AU - Calderon-Hernandez, Claudia
AU - Paes, Daniel
AU - Irizarry, Javier
AU - Brioso, Xavier
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In recent years, advanced visualization tools for the representation of construction projects has gained increased attention from educators and industry practitioners. As they become more receptive to such technologies, it is important to quantify and compare the impact of these technologies on users' visual cognition of building representations. This study performs a quantitative comparison of users' cognitive performance when using 2-dimensional (2D) drawings of a structure versus using a BIM-based immersive virtual reality (VR) model of the same structure. Participants were asked to complete visual tasks using the VR platform and the 2D drawings. Findings suggest that visual information depicted in VR is more effective in terms of one's perception accuracy and memory. The study concludes that the immersive VR tool is suitable for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) students and professionals, even those with low spatial ability, facilitating learning and enhancing conventional 2D representations.
AB - In recent years, advanced visualization tools for the representation of construction projects has gained increased attention from educators and industry practitioners. As they become more receptive to such technologies, it is important to quantify and compare the impact of these technologies on users' visual cognition of building representations. This study performs a quantitative comparison of users' cognitive performance when using 2-dimensional (2D) drawings of a structure versus using a BIM-based immersive virtual reality (VR) model of the same structure. Participants were asked to complete visual tasks using the VR platform and the 2D drawings. Findings suggest that visual information depicted in VR is more effective in terms of one's perception accuracy and memory. The study concludes that the immersive VR tool is suitable for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) students and professionals, even those with low spatial ability, facilitating learning and enhancing conventional 2D representations.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068795087&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1061/9780784482421.003
DO - 10.1061/9780784482421.003
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85068795087
T3 - Computing in Civil Engineering 2019: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2019
SP - 17
EP - 24
BT - Computing in Civil Engineering 2019
A2 - Cho, Yong K.
A2 - Leite, Fernanda
A2 - Behzadan, Amir
A2 - Wang, Chao
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2019: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation, i3CE 2019
Y2 - 17 June 2019 through 19 June 2019
ER -