An Empirical Study on Augmented Virtuality Space for Tele-Inspection of Built Environments

作     者：Xiangyu Wang, Rui Chen Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia 

作者机构：Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition Faculty of Architecture Design and Planning The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia 

出 版 物：《Tsinghua Science and Technology》 (清华大学学报（自然科学版（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第13卷第S1期

页      面：286-291页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 081304[工学-建筑技术科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 

主　　题：augmented virtuality (AV) design usability remote inspection 

摘      要：This paper describes an empirical study on an augmented virtuality (AV)-based system dedicated for tele-inspection of built environments. This system is regarded as a solution that allows users to experience the real remote built environment without the need of physically stepping into that actual place. Such experience is realized by using AV technology to enrich the virtual counterparts of the place with captured real images from the real space. Those integrated into the AV environment are real photos that represent key landmarks/features of the real place, live video streams of on-site crew, and 3D virtual design geome-tries. The focus of this paper is the implementation and evaluation of the AV system in its current state as compared with traditional photo-based methods. Results from this preliminary empirical study show that the AV system achieves good overall satisfaction, although it involves certain general usability issues.