1. The Future of Immersive Virtual Environments: issues and challenges Dr. Xiangyu Wang Acknowledge to Dr. Doug Bowman’s lecture notes.

2. Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry Visualization & presentation of designs and project management information Coordination/communication between stakeholders

3. Architectural Walkthrough Real-time and interactive Real scale Depth cues 2008 Doug Bowman, Virginia Tech

4. What can be done more? Allow visualization and creation/modification VE/CAD integration

5. Information: information-rich VEs Add information about design rationale, construction schedule, materials used. Understand complex relationships between various types of information

6. Virtual-SAP 2.0

7. Education Constructivist theory of learning –‘Playful’ learning by doing –Build one’s own mental model of the concept Possible interactions: –Navigate to view scene from various locations –Explore parameter space –Test “what-if” scenarios

8. Portable classroom-based immersive VE for education 2008 Doug Bowman, Virginia Tech

9. Future Directions All-Modal immersive virtual system –Visual, Auditory, Haptic, Olfactory, Gustatory, Vestibular, and Kinesthetic. –Direct display to the brain?

10. Future Directions: encumbrances removal Approaches to input/tracking –Wireless transmission –Vision-based Approaches to output/display –Displays in the world –Displays and display generators worn by user –Autostereoscopic displays: no glasses

11. Autostereoscopic displays 2008 Doug Bowman, Virginia Tech

12. Future Directions: Mapping between components Huge potential for empirical research For example, –what navigation strategies do users adopt in fully immersive displays? –Which VE displays are the most useful for decision-making tasks in the construction industry?

13. Future Directions: Platform Immigration of 3D UIs Different displays, devices, etc. imply different UIs. Example: migrate a UI from HMD to CAVE platform

14. Future Directions: Effective collaboration Issues: –Awareness –Communication –Floor control –Cooperation –Single-user 3D UI v.s. multi-user 3D UI?

15. 2008 Doug Bowman, Virginia Tech

16. Group presentation: –May 26, 6:00-8:00 in the lab on the fifth floor –each group 20-30 minutes. –Everyone needs to talk –Should use the feedback to refine the final report Final report: –Due Midnight 16/06/2008 –Please send the final project file to the tutor and me: rche0750@usyd.edu.au; x.wang@arch.usyd.edu.au rche0750@usyd.edu.aux.wang@arch.usyd.edu.au –should strictly follow the formatting requirements. Final exam: –June 2, 6:00-7:00 in the lab on the fifth floor –Multiple choice questions and essay questions –Most questions are from lecture notes and classroom discussion