Virtual Reality (VR) Technology in Construction Education: Workflow, Constraints, and Strategies

Virtual Reality (VR) Technology in Construction Education: Workflow, Constraints, and Strategies

Lam Tatt Soon, Kai Kong Chow, Hai Chen Tan, Myzatul Aishah Kamarazaly, Tze Shwan Lim
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8253-7.ch007
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Abstract

In the construction-related course, there is a lot of knowledge that is tough to verbalize or teach, especially understanding building details through imagination without experiencing or seeing the construction elements in reality. Visual reality (VR) enables users to visualize the complexity of buildings. The research method used in this research is qualitative method in which interviews were conducted in this research. The interviewees were invited to try the VR technology and data was collected. Throughout the whole research, the workflow of converting a 3D model to a VR model is developed, the constraints of adopting VR are identified and strategies are recommended. The results in the findings showed that all the interviewees need guidance when using the VR technology and some of them suffer from motion sickness. The findings of this research serve as a reference for universities that are interested in adopting VR technology in education to enhance knowledge of VR technology and provide better understanding in the classes.
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The design of a building is a complicated combination of abilities, judgment, knowledge, information, and time (Mao et al., 2007). Design, according to Cyon Research (2003), is an iterative process in which a collection of requirements, such as physical, aesthetic, and performance, are creatively altered to produce a design. The architecture and designer must consider numerous difficulties, ideas, and time constraints to come out with a design. Because the construction project's design will be drawn on plain paper, the design will only be viewable in 2D. Before the construction project is completed, we can only have a basic notion or image of what the building would look like by utilizing our imagination. It's tough to develop conceptual estimations by using the imagination because they require the ability to imagine the components rather than count the bricks, windows, doors, and toilet fixtures. Therefore, a strong imagination is needed to have a better understanding of the drawing and be able to study the drawing easily.

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