Virtual Reality for Smart Urban Lighting Design: Review, Applications and Opportunities

Scorpio, Michelangelo; Laffi, Roberta; Masullo, Massimiliano; Ciampi, Giovanni; Rosato, Antonio; Maffei, Luigi; Sibilio, Sergio

doi:10.3390/en13153809

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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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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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“…Moreover, smart urban furniture with sensors can collect various data describing air quality, traffic and noise of cities, providing useful feedback on city dynamics for policymakers [ 36 ]. A more recent study also shows that an urban light system with virtual reality technology could effectively provide an immersive experience for local citizens [ 37 ].…”

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Developing Pandemic Prevention and Control by ANP-QFD Approach: A Case Study on Urban Furniture Design in China Communities

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Background: An infectious disease can affect human beings at an alarming speed in modern society, where Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a worldwide pandemic, posing grave threats to public security and the social economies. However, as one of the closest attachments of urban dwellers, urban furniture hardly contributes to pandemic prevention and control. Methods: Given this critical challenge, this article aims to propose a feasible solution to coping with pandemic situations through urban furniture design, using an integrated method of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Analytic Network Process (ANP). Eight communities in China are selected as the research sites, since people working and living in these places have successful experience preventing and containing pandemics. Results: Three user requirements (URs), namely, usability and easy access, sanitation, and health and emotional pleasure, are determined. Meanwhile, seven design requirements (DRs) are identified, including contact reduction, effective disinfection, good appearance, social and cultural symbols, ergonomics, smart system and technology and sustainability. The overall priorities of URs and DRs and their inner dependencies are subsequently determined through the ANP-QFD method, comprising the House of Quality (HQQ). According to the theoretical results, we propose five design strategies for pandemic prevention and control. Conclusion: It is demonstrated that the incorporated method of ANP-QFD has applicability and effectiveness in the conceptual product design process. This article can also provide a new perspective for pandemic prevention and control in densely populated communities in terms of product design and development.

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“…In recent years, virtual reality has expanded into a wide range of branches of science and industry [16]. Scientific publications on this topic are very common [17][18][19]. At present this technology is widely used in prototyping products [20], in architecture [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], as well as in designing interiors and their furnishings [29].…”

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Virtual Reality System and Scientific Visualisation for Smart Designing and Evaluating of Lighting

Krupiński

2020

Energies

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The current lighting solutions, both in terms of design process and later implementation, are becoming more and more intelligent. It mainly arises from higher opportunities to use information technology (IT) processes for these purposes. Designs cover many aspects, from physiological to including technical. The paper describes the problems faced by any designers while creating, evaluating them, and presenting the final results of their work in a visualisation form. Development of virtual reality (VR) technology and augmented reality, which is now taking place before our eyes, makes us inclined to think how to use this reality in lighting technology. The article presents some examples of applying VR technology in various types of smart lighting designs, for interiors and outdoor objects. The performed computer simulations are compared to reality. Some surveys, in terms of visualization rendering, were carried out. In the article, the current capabilities and main limitations of virtual reality of lighting are discussed, as well as what can be expected in the future. The luminance analysis of the virtual reality display is carried out, which shows that this equipment can be used in lighting technology after the appropriate calibration. Moreover, an innovative lighting design system based on virtual reality is presented.

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Virtual Reality for Smart Urban Lighting Design: Review, Applications and Opportunities

Cited by 49 publications

References 90 publications

Extended Reality for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance: A Review

Extended Reality for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance: A Review

Developing Pandemic Prevention and Control by ANP-QFD Approach: A Case Study on Urban Furniture Design in China Communities

Virtual Reality System and Scientific Visualisation for Smart Designing and Evaluating of Lighting

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