Exploring the Effectiveness of Co-Located Immersive Virtual Reality Experience for Co-Design of Urban Public Spaces: Case Study of the Eindhoven Station Square
Buildings,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(8), С. 1327 - 1327
Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025
Enhancing
urban
public
spaces
(UPS)
is
vital
for
the
well-being
of
their
users.
This
study
investigates
use
co-located
immersive
virtual
reality
(IVR)
in
a
co-design
process
with
potential
end-users,
focusing
on
active
design
generation
and
collaboration.
Eindhoven
station
square,
poised
significant
redevelopment,
served
as
case
study.
An
experiment
setup,
through
an
altered
off-the-shelf
IVR
application,
was
used.
Participants
were
tasked
collaboratively
designing
area,
considering
attributes
like
trees,
parking,
benches,
shelter,
fountain.
Each
session
involved
two
participants
distinct
perspectives,
one
from
local
authority
other
end-user.
Twenty
participants,
divided
into
ten
sessions,
engaged
Most
had
no
prior
or
experience
but
found
application
suitable.
Communication
primarily
focused
rather
than
tool
usability
unrelated
social
exchanges,
indicating
that
resulted
task
participation.
willing
to
attend
if
would
be
The
enhanced
understanding
confidence
choices,
effective
concludes
non-experts
can
successfully
engage
UPS
when
simultaneously
immersed
collocated
using
IVR.
Future
experiments
should
limit
duration
30
min
avoid
fatigue
ensure
communication.
Язык: Английский
An Examination and Analysis of the Clustering of Healthcare Centers and their Spatial Accessibility in Tehran Metropolis: Insights from Google POI Data
Sustainable Cities and Society,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
117, С. 105845 - 105845
Опубликована: Сен. 25, 2024
Язык: Английский
Participation from a geospatial perspective
Prace Geograficzne,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
175, С. 75 - 75
Опубликована: Дек. 30, 2024
Participation
in
societal
processes
and
contributing
to
decisions
are
trademarks
of
an
open
democratic
society.
Successful
participation
requires
informed
opinions,
which
a
majority
issues
need
orientation
assessment
spatial
context.
Ongoing
digitization
(not
only)
geospatial
information
has
greatly
increased
the
accessibility
views,
at
same
time
facilitates
generation
personal
location-centric
views
communications.
Access
technologies
is
key
driver
for
connecting
individuals
with
rich
diverse
collection
data
services.
These
provide
indispensable
context
opinions
on
centred
locations.
Apart
from
this
obvious
straightforward
case
explicit
enablement
support
participative
processes,
paper
presents
wider
be
considered
by
designers
public
participation.
Drivers
discussed
technologies,
competences,
policies
perspectives,
also
considering
challenges
prevalent
‘nimby’
mindsets
motivating
intellectual
shortcuts
some
citizens
participating
decision
processes.
In
addition,
dominance
social
media
discourse
simultaneously
contributions
as
well
posing
risk
less
mirroring
popular
predominantly
negative
attitude.
The
final
section
showcases
recent
sample
elements
author’s
teaching
experience
dedicated
introducing
citizen
science
collaborative
knowledge
turn
using
backdrop
initiatives.
With
scientific
evidence
frequently
ignored
or
confronted
pseudoscience
conspiracy
theories,
foundations
today’s
democracies
based
representation
clearly
endangered.
Язык: Английский