Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments

✍ Scribed by Mary Lou Maher (auth.), Xiangyu Wang, Jerry Jen-Hung Tsai (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 219
• Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering 48
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) are multi-user virtual realities which actively support communication and co-operation. This book offers a comprehensive reference volume to the state-of-the-art in the area of design studies in CVEs. It is an excellent mix of contributions from over 25 leading researcher/experts in multiple disciplines from academia and industry, providing up-to-date insight into the current research topics in this field as well as the latest technological advancements and the best working examples. Many of these results and ideas are also applicable to other areas such as CVE for design education.

Overall, this book serves as an excellent reference for postgraduate students, researchers and practitioners who need a comprehensive approach to study the design behaviours in CVEs. It is also a useful and informative source of materials for those interested in learning more on using/developing CVEs to support design and design collaboration.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages -
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Designers and Collaborative Virtual Environments....Pages 3-15
Visual-Spatial Learning and Training in Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments....Pages 17-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Design Representation and Perception in Virtual Environments....Pages 29-40
Design Paradigms for the Enhancement of Presence in Virtual Environments....Pages 41-49
Co-presence in Mixed Reality-Mediated Collaborative Design Space....Pages 51-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments at Conceptual Stage....Pages 67-76
“Scales” Affecting Design Communication in Collaborative Virtual Environments....Pages 77-87
Design Coordination and Progress Monitoring during the Construction Phase....Pages 89-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Impact of Collaborative Virtual Environments on Design Process....Pages 103-110
A Pedagogical Approach to Exploring Place and Interaction Design in Collaborative Virtual Environments....Pages 111-120
Sketch That Scene for Me and Meet Me in Cyberspace....Pages 121-130
A Hybrid Direct Visual Editing Method for Architectural Massing Study in Virtual Environments....Pages 131-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Spaces of Design Collaboration....Pages 143-151
Modeling of Buildings for Collaborative Design in a Virtual Environment....Pages 153-165
An Immersive Virtual Reality Mock-Up for Design Review of Hospital Patient Rooms....Pages 167-176
The Immersive Virtual Environment Design Studio....Pages 177-191
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Building Construction; Interaction Design; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design; Computers and Education