Usability of WebXR Visualizations in Urban Planning

Extended reality (XR) technology is increasingly often considered in practical applications related to urban planning and smart city management. It offers many advantages as a new visualization technique that gives its users access to places that are not available in material space and a unique pers...

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Autores principales:	Michał Rzeszewski, Matuesz Orylski
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	extended reality (XR) urban planning usability Geography (General) G1-922
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:efcfafd8e3514901be4638f9fcf270852021-11-25T17:52:43ZUsability of WebXR Visualizations in Urban Planning10.3390/ijgi101107212220-9964https://doaj.org/article/efcfafd8e3514901be4638f9fcf270852021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/11/721https://doaj.org/toc/2220-9964Extended reality (XR) technology is increasingly often considered in practical applications related to urban planning and smart city management. It offers many advantages as a new visualization technique that gives its users access to places that are not available in material space and a unique perspective on existing objects. It can provide immersive multi-sensory experience that can induce emotional response in participatory planning. However, standard mode of implementation that relies on mobile phone applications and VR headsets has a disadvantage when it comes to availability and accessibility. Here we test the WebXR solution that can mitigate those problems. We have created six AR and VR environments that resembled common urban planning scenarios and conducted usability tests with people having planning and GIS background. Results indicate that WebXR can provide useful solution in urban planning when the interface and environment resemble common practices and situations encountered in real life. Environments that have introduced new digital affordances like AR measurements or semi-transparent walkable scale models were rated lower. Users evaluated presented environment as having high usability and expressed their positive attitude toward using XR in their professional practice mainly as a participatory and visualization tool.Michał RzeszewskiMatuesz OrylskiMDPI AGarticleextended reality (XR)urban planningusabilityGeography (General)G1-922ENISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 10, Iss 721, p 721 (2021)
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description	Extended reality (XR) technology is increasingly often considered in practical applications related to urban planning and smart city management. It offers many advantages as a new visualization technique that gives its users access to places that are not available in material space and a unique perspective on existing objects. It can provide immersive multi-sensory experience that can induce emotional response in participatory planning. However, standard mode of implementation that relies on mobile phone applications and VR headsets has a disadvantage when it comes to availability and accessibility. Here we test the WebXR solution that can mitigate those problems. We have created six AR and VR environments that resembled common urban planning scenarios and conducted usability tests with people having planning and GIS background. Results indicate that WebXR can provide useful solution in urban planning when the interface and environment resemble common practices and situations encountered in real life. Environments that have introduced new digital affordances like AR measurements or semi-transparent walkable scale models were rated lower. Users evaluated presented environment as having high usability and expressed their positive attitude toward using XR in their professional practice mainly as a participatory and visualization tool.
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title	Usability of WebXR Visualizations in Urban Planning
title_short	Usability of WebXR Visualizations in Urban Planning
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Usability of WebXR Visualizations in Urban Planning

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