Call for Papers

Authors are encouraged to submit papers related to research and development topics focused on the use of virtual and augmented reality for the design, construction, operations, facility management and maintenance of buildings and the built environment. Papers can focus on research related to new algorithms or theory, case studies, new practices, organizational issues, and implementation of VR, AR and Interactive Workspaces. Topics may include:

· Design visualization

· Construction visualization

· Building Information Modeling (BIM)

· Visual simulation for community planning

· Modeling the physics of buildings

· 3D Geographical Information Systems

· 3D Engines / game engines

· Autonomous Agents in Virtual and Augmented Environments

· Human-computer interaction in virtual environments

· Mobile and wearable computing

· Virtual reality standards for AEC visualization (e.g., X3D, VRML)

· Virtual reality in education and training applications

· Collaborative visual and augmented environments

· Interactive media environments

· Ontologies for modeling and visualization

· Developing of Game Engines for construction training

· Value of VR models in the construction processes

· Town planning

· Application of visualisation in industrialised building systems (IBS)

· Knowledge sharing and communications through visualisation.

 

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