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A VR-centred workspace for supporting collaborative urban planning


Abstract:

Collaboration between urban planners, government officers and other stake-holders is a key task in the urban planning procedure. This paper presents a VR-centred workspac...Show More

Abstract:

Collaboration between urban planners, government officers and other stake-holders is a key task in the urban planning procedure. This paper presents a VR-centred workspace prototype for supporting collaborative urban planning. This workspace comprises a variety of technologies such as semi-immersive stereo display, table-top display, mobile devices and an optical tracking system. A system framework for VR-centred workspace integrates a user interaction layer along with service and data management capabilities. This open-structured framework can support various visualisation and simulation modules and facilitates collaboration. We have implemented this prototype and some test scenarios have been examined with user groups.
Date of Conference: 24-26 May 2005
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 06 September 2005
Print ISBN:1-84600-002-5
Conference Location: Coventry, UK

1. Introduction

The nature of the urban planning process is complex and can be highly disorganised [1]. Parties such as government officers, urban planners, developers community groups and environmental groups are involved in the urban planning process [2]–[4], with each stakeholder representing their own interest or the interest of an organisation or a community group. A number of economical, sociological, transportational and environmental objectives need to be considered during the urban planning decision-making process and conflict resolution presents a major challenge in the planning process. Therefore, collaboration between urban planners, government officers and other stake-holders is a key task in urban planning procedure.

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