Users' evaluation of a virtual reality architectural model compared with the experience of the completed building

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-165

  Westerdahl, Börje ^a,b   Suneson, Kaj ^a   Wernemyr, Claes ^a   Roupé, Mattias ^a   Johansson, Mikael ^a   Allwood, Carl Martin ^a,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Box 8873 ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Architectural model; Experience; Realism; Usability; Virtual Reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEMANTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARCHITECTURAL MODEL; EXPERIENCE; REALISM; USABILITY;

MODEL BUILDINGS;

EID: 29144471311     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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