Exploring landscape changes using an envisioning system in rural community workshops

Design and use of a virtual heritage model to enable a comparison of active navigation of buildings and spaces with passive observation

“…Song et al take a particularly novel approach, utilising calligraphic brush strokes to enable movement within an immersive VR environment [22], and Stock et al have undertaken many studies experimenting with the use of multi user voting and navigation of macro and micro scale virtual spaces [23].…”

Developing a GIS-Based Visual-Acoustic 3D Simulation for Wind Farm Assessment

“…Highly detailed 3D vegetation for landscape visualizations (e.g., Laubwerk plants [12], XfrogPlants [13] or the SpeedTree Toolkit [14]), integrated augmented reality and Geographic Information System (GIS) representations [15], multi-player capabilities, and communication possibilities [16][17][18] are just a few examples. These advances hold great potential for landscape planners in a diversity of applications such as participatory purposes, communication, scenario evaluation, and the decision-making process [19].…”

Managing the landscapes of the Australian Northern Territory for sustainability: Visions, issues and strategies for successful planning

“…It appears that so far in Australia scenario planning seems to have been largely restricted to applications in the other States, e.g. [31][32][33][34][35], although Alexandra and Riddington [36] put forward a possible scenario for the savannas of the NT to demonstrate one direction the future could go with regard to shifts in important cultural, institutional and economic relationships between humans and nature. In spite of little use to date in the NT, this type of approach is suddenly starting to receive more attention as an option to assist in NRM and sustainable development.…”

“…However, having said that, GIS visualisation tools in combination with other visualisation techniques such as an artist and computer photo manipulation have been shown by Al-Kodmany [29] and Dockerty et al [69] as being very useful in the participatory planning process. Also Stock et al [35] have developed an envisioning system in Australia to help communities view different visions of landscape change. This tool for visualising future landscape scenarios integrates GIS, virtual reality, mobile computing devices, and environmental process models.…”

“…The main objective of the envisioning system is to assist groups of stakeholders to agree on an acceptable set of future conditions [2] which can influence policy making and bring about advantageous changes to landscapes. As Stock et al [35] so eloquently put it ''If we wish to engage people and provide them with the means to understand the consequences of their behaviours, so as to create desired futures, then we face three distinct tasks: 1. allow their world views to be represented, 2. help them see the world through the eyes of other stakeholders and 3. facilitate negotiations about possible futures. To accomplish these tasks, people must have some control over the language (including modes of presentation and communication) and indicators used to represent the environment and future scenarios.…”