Use of Virtual Reality in Participatory Design

Use of Virtual Reality in Participatory Design

Loyola, Mauricio; Rossi, Bruno; Montiel, Constanza; Daiber, Max

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Virtual Reality technology was used as a visualization tool in a participatorydesign process of an urban design project in Santiago, Chile. Communitymembers with little or no familiarity with digital technologies visualized theproject using traditional means of architectural representation and immersivevirtual reality, and then, answered standardized questionnaires on spatialcomprehension. Participants who visualized the project using virtual realityshowed a higher level of spatial comprehension and a more preciseunderstanding of the formal and spatial qualities of the project than users whoused traditional means.

Virtual Reality technology was used as a visualization tool in a participatorydesign process of an urban design project in Santiago, Chile. Communitymembers with little or no familiarity with digital technologies visualized theproject using traditional means of architectural representation and immersivevirtual reality, and then, answered standardized questionnaires on spatialcomprehension. Participants who visualized the project using virtual realityshowed a higher level of spatial comprehension and a more preciseunderstanding of the formal and spatial qualities of the project than users whoused traditional means.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_156

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Loyola, Mauricio; Rossi, Bruno; Montiel, Constanza; Daiber, Max; "Use of Virtual Reality in Participatory Design", p-449-454. In: Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, “Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution”, Porto 2019, Sousa, José Pedro; Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Xavier, João Pedro (eds.). São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_156