A Preliminary Study on the Application of Virtual Reality in Construction Management for Outdoor Project Sites

• Main Authors: Chia-Wei Chang, 張家偉
• Other Authors: 姚乃嘉
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zktyje

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 營建管理研究所 === 105 === In Taiwan, progress of work at the construction sites are normally recorded by taking photos. These photos do not give “being-at-the -site” feelings for the people looking at them. Thus, this research used an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) carrying both a video camera and a panorama camera to record everything at the open field of the construction site. A three dimensional vision (virtual reality, VR) platform was then generated by the video film using a specific software. The pictures taken by the panorama camera that could be viewed by the VR user, were then positioned at meaningful spots of the construction sites in the VR environment. The generated VR environment not only gives the user “being-at-the-site” feelings but also allows the user to view the panoramas at interested spots of the construction site. Construction progress, site layout, positions of construction materials, as well as other images related to construction quality and safety can be vividly checked in the VR environment. However, due to technological limitations, the visual quality is not reaching a satisfactory level yet. In addition to descriptions of software and hardware requirements, their specifications, and generation and operation procedures of the VR environment, this research also discuss feasible applications in various project management aspects using such VR techniques.