Immersion into Holographic Spaces to Enhance Engineering and Architecture Design Interpretations
Iván Mutis, Rohit Desai · 2019
Holograms are digital representations blended into the physical space that enable the interaction of the users with the physical environment. This research explores the effect holograms have on the users’ experiences of the interpretation of representations of architectural and engineering designs with users’ association of the physical and functional characteristics in construction sites. The approach builds a mixed reality (MR) environment to create holographic visualizations from representations of designs generated from building information models (BIM) and construction document data (e.g., specifications, schedules). The approach immerses users into co-existent physical and virtual worlds using head mounted display (OST-HMD). The technology maps the users’ holographic experience with real-world construction context using spatial mapping and location tracking techniques.