Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review

Prabhakaran, Abhinesh; Mahamadu, Abdul–Majeed; Mahdjoubi, Lamine

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104228

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“…Architecture and engineering design [17,21,23,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] Building construction [17,[20][21][22][23][24][25]27,[29][30][31][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] Building operation and management [17,18,21,23,26,28,54, Selected articles concerning XR application in building operation and management were further divided into VR and AR/MR categories, each articulated in different domains according to their possible use in building facility management as shown in Table…”

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“…The survey also highlighted some limitations of adopting AR/VR in the AEC industry such as "lack of budget," "upper management's lack of understanding of these technologies," and "design teams' lack of knowledge". Prabhakaran et al [30] carried out a systematic review of scientific publications between the years 2010 and 2019 to understand the state-of-the-art immersive technology applications in AEC, revealing the following nine critical challenges: infrastructure, algorithm development, interoperability, general health and safety, virtual content modelling, cost, skills availability, multi-sensory limitations, and ethical issues.…”

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Extended Reality for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance: A Review

Casini

2022

Energies

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The operation and maintenance (O&M) of buildings and infrastructure represent a strategic activity to ensure they perform as expected over time and to reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs at the urban and building scale. With the increasing diffusion of BIM, IoT devices, and AI, the future of O&M is represented by digital twin technology. To effectively take advantage of this digital revolution, thus enabling data-driven energy control, proactive maintenance, and predictive daily operations, it is vital that smart building management exploits the opportunities offered by the extended reality (XR) technologies. Nevertheless, in consideration of the novelty of XR in the AECO sector and its rapid and ongoing evolution, knowledge of the specific possibilities and the methods of integration into the building process workflow is still piecemeal and sparse. With the goal to bridge this gap, the article presents a thorough review of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies and applications for smart building operation and maintenance. After defining VR, AR, and MR, the article provides a detailed review that analyzes, categorizes, and summarizes state-of-the-art XR technologies and their possible applications for building O&M along with their relative advantages and disadvantages. The article concludes that the application of XR in building and city management is showing promising results in enhancing human performance in technical O&M tasks, in understanding and controlling the energy efficiency, comfort, and safety of building and infrastructures, and in supporting strategic decision making for the future smart city.

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Extended Reality for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance: A Review

Casini

2022

Energies

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“…Out of 1766 journals identified from top construction journal databases (Scopus & Science Direct), 51 eligible journals were finally chosen for review. For further details refer to Prabhakaran et al (2022).…”

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Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture, fixture and equipment sector: a validation of interactive and distributed immersion

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PurposeThe Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) sector is well placed to leverage virtual reality (VR) technology for competitive and operational advantages; however, the diffusion of VR applications in this sector has followed a steep curve. This study reports on the implementation of two novel VR applications in the FFE sector and also investigates the challenges and benefits associated with their use and adaptability.Design/methodology/approachA sequential exploratory mixed research methodology consisting of three phases was adopted for this study. This included identification of factors that affect/facilitate the implementation of VR (Challenges and Benefits) using experiments during in-house prototyping of VR applications, a rigorous literature review and questionnaire survey to solicit FFE Stakeholder's (n = 117) opinion on the utility and usefulness of the proposed applications and to the understand factors that facilitate and inhibit their implementation in FFE's context, particularly as a design communication and coordination tool.FindingsThe findings of this study revealed that distributed and single-user VR has become essential to digitalising the FFE sector's design communication with improved design communication being regarded as the most important benefit of its use. Conversely, the most critical challenge that inhibits the implementation of these two VR applications in the FFE sector is the perceived cost.Originality/valueThis study provides valuable insight to FFE's stakeholders to devise action plans to mitigate myriad complex and interrelated factors that affect the adoption of virtual reality technology in the FFE sector that are otherwise very hard to understand, and the consequential implementation of any mitigation plans cannot be devised.

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“…There are many studies focused on the skill shortage issues in some countries such as the US and UK. However, there is limited research to focus on the major issue in the Asia Pacific Region like Australia [6]. Some countries, such as China and Malaysia, also face the similar issue due to aging populations or many companies moved their factories to Vietnam and India due to high labour costs in the domestic markets [7].…”

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Impact of the Skill Shortage on the Construction Supply Chain Performance in Australia

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the skill shortage impacts the performance of the construction supply chain in Australia. The study has adopted a quantitative research method. The quantitative data were collected by conducting a survey of employees who work in construction companies in Australia. A regression analysis was used to analyze the data from 113 respondents. The findings of the study reveal that the construction sector in Australia has high labour costs, but workers are still thinking they are not getting paid enough and cannot invest more in themselves to improve their skills. There is a lack of academic and vocational training programs offered to them. Insufficient recruitment and incentive policies are also main barriers to attract talents to the construction industry in Australia. The situation became more serious during the COVID-19 period due to the lockdowns, lack of skilled migrants, and Government working visa policies. The study implies that firms should have a deeper understanding of the reasons for the skill shortage. Firms also need to devise strategies for hiring the right talent. Further, it was found that quality talent can come from the local or foreign markets. More effective selection criteria should be designed so that the best-fit approach can be implemented. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-02-08 Full Text: PDF

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Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review

Cited by 64 publications

References 98 publications

Extended Reality for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance: A Review

Extended Reality for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance: A Review

Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture, fixture and equipment sector: a validation of interactive and distributed immersion

Impact of the Skill Shortage on the Construction Supply Chain Performance in Australia

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