Virtual reality and the Built Environment
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Author(s): J. Whyte
Publisher: Architectural Press
ISBN: 0750653728
Format: softback
150pp
Price: £27.50
Review Date: 03 October 2002
Review: This book looks at how virtual reality (VR) can be used in practice by architects and engineers in the design, management and production of the built environment. It considers what the business drivers are for using VR reality, how it can be implemented within organizations, and what its limitations are. It looks at what VR is, how it has developed and how VR models are created. The author then examines how VR differs from reality and how these differences can be used to illuminate hidden structure. The book has a practical approach and explores how VR can be used in engineering design of complex buildings, in support design, and for planning and management on an urban scale. It ends by looking at the use of virtual reality within an organization.