The confirmed realities and myths about the benefits and costs of 3D visualization and virtual reality in discrete event modeling and simulation: A descriptive meta-analysis of evidence from research and practice

Akpan, Ikpe Justice; Shanker, Murali

doi:10.1016/j.cie.2017.08.020

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“…It aims to implement solutions for using fast-enough 3D-capture devices to acquire moving objects or articulated machinery and then streaming this 3D information into a virtual environment to facilitate planning tasks (Akpan and Brooks 2012). The technologies explained above and others including virtual reality, augmented reality, and digital twin can be deployed in various applications to extract data from sensors for analysis and visualization (Zhang et al 2020;Akpan 2010;Dangelmaier et al 2005;Akpan and Shanker 2017). This practice enhances design, manufacturing, and speed to market.…”

Section: Artificial Intelligencementioning

confidence: 99%

Small business awareness and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in emerging and developing markets, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Akpan

Udoh²,

Adebisi

2020

Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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Many challenges continue to hinder digital technologies' adoption by small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies. Comparatively, there are more success stories by SMEs in emerging markets. However, most SMEs operating in the informal sector in the emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) face similar challenges that inhibit the adoption of advanced technologies and innovations needed to improve business operations and re-engineer processes. This article evaluates the implementation and use of state-of-the-art technologies by SMEs in EMDEs to improve operations performance and create sustainable competitive advantages. Further, the papers in this Special Issue identify FinTech and analytical algorithms as some of the current technologies employed by SMEs in EMDEs to improve operations and processes in the manufacturing and service industries. The recognized technologies and technical innovations that seem novel in EMDEs have long existed in the advanced economies. Most state-of-the-art technologies, including cloud computing, 'big data', and predictive analytics that can improve operations and strategic decisions, are yet to make inroads in most EMDEs. Also, disruptive computing technologies, data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) required to engineer new business models, reduce overheads, enhance competitive advantages, and digitize SMEs' business operations remain untapped. The absence and non-adoption of digital technologies in EMDEs explain why business activities in most EMDEs remain shut during the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 and the community lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategies to survive the 'new normal' imposed by COVID-19 and fierce global competition includes a successful adoption of advanced technologies. RÉSUMÉ De nombreux d efis continuent a entraver l'adoption des technologies num eriques par les petites et les moyennes entreprises (PME) dans les economies en d eveloppement. En comparaison, les PME ont plus de succ es dans les march es emergents. Cependant, la plupart de celles qui op erent dans le secteur informel des march es emergents et des economies en d eveloppement (MEED)

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Small business awareness and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in emerging and developing markets, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Akpan

Udoh²,

Adebisi

2020

Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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“…Since the structure is not yet exactly built, client can simply change any unwanted design, saving time and cost for all parties thus reducing the mockup costs because clients could verify and estimate the value through the virtual reality. VR could be simply experienced using a smartphone with virtual reality apps and virtual reality headsets .…”

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“…BIM seeks to streamline the construction processes, presents construction information in an accessible and common way, and minimizes the possibility of clashing or redundancies of object that being represented at different scale and to ensure optimized project coordination [11,16]. BIM applications have grown tremendously, from a tool to design in three dimensions and use of components, to a tool that was used for model analysis, clash detection, product selection, and the whole project conceptualization . Although many benefits could be gained by the implementation of BIM such as increasing constructability, reducing conflict, requesting for information due to having a good visualization approach, reducing the time for cost estimation and increasing smooth coordination and information among parties, the pace of integrating BIM to VR was still slow [34,35].…”

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VR‐embedded BIM immersive system for QS engineering education

Chen

Kho

2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Information communications technology (ICT) has been implemented in the construction sector but there is not yet any immersive system to integrate virtual reality (VR) and building information modeling (BIM) for quantity surveying (QS) practice and education. Aiming to develop a VR‐embedded BIM immersive system for quantity surveying practice and education, experiments using Autodesk Revit 2016, Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2015, and Unity were conducted in this study. The developed VR‐embedded BIM immersive system for quantity surveying practice and education consists of two main components, namely: Immersive System (Head‐mounted display/360‐degree display) and Non‐immersive systems (Desktop VR). The virtual reality application could help improving QS practitioners' and QS students' understanding on the architectural design using VR walkthrough to navigate the virtual 3D building model, thus to improve the efficiency of decision making and the precision in quantity surveying work.

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“…Visualization in discrete-event simulation (DES) has continued to evolve since the introduction of visual interactive simulation (VIS) and visual interactive modeling (VIM) in the early 1980s. 1,2 As predicted by Hurrion 3 and Jain, 4 virtual reality (VR) and the three-dimensional (3D) display are the most recent developments in the advancement of DES practice as a decision-support system. 5,6 This 3D/VR has enjoyed a steady growth in popularity and adoption by DES researchers and practitioners in academia and industry in the past 17 years.…”

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A comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of virtual reality, 3D visualization and 2D visual interactive simulation: an exploratory meta-analysis

Akpan

Shanker

2018

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Research on the application of 3D visualization and virtual reality (VR) in discrete-event simulation (DES) has received increased attention in the past two decades. The increasing popularity of the 3D display in DES is mainly due to superior display capabilities and the associated benefits that it offers. However, the 2D display also continues to enjoy active use to date, thus provoking some fierce debates questioning the need for the 3D and VR if the 2D interface suffices. Several studies comparing the effectiveness of the different visualization methods also produce different conclusions. This paper undertakes a meta-analysis of the different positions and synthesizes the findings from 162 studies on the impacts of the 2D display versus 3D/VR on user performance on various DES tasks. The results highlight four key findings. First, the perception that the 2D display is more effective for model development is misleading as 3D/VR offers overall better performance and quality of models. Second, 3D/VR enables more effective performance than 2D display for model verification and validation. Third, 3D/VR decreases the time taken for verification, validation, experimentation, and analysis of results, but can increase model development time. Finally, the latent variables such as the application domains and nature of the problems tackled have no direct or indirect influence on the efficacy of the 3D display/VR versus 2D on DES task performance.

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The confirmed realities and myths about the benefits and costs of 3D visualization and virtual reality in discrete event modeling and simulation: A descriptive meta-analysis of evidence from research and practice

Cited by 41 publications

References 88 publications

Small business awareness and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in emerging and developing markets, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Small business awareness and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in emerging and developing markets, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

VR‐embedded BIM immersive system for QS engineering education

A comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of virtual reality, 3D visualization and 2D visual interactive simulation: an exploratory meta-analysis

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