VR Laboratory
Technical specifications:
VR Tool: Unity 3D
VR setup: HTC Vive Pro Kit
- Vive Pro High-Resolution amoled screen headset.
- Two Vive Controllers (StreamVR tracking)
- Two StreamVR Base Stations (tracking area up to 25m2)
PC setup:
- Processor: Intel® Core i7-6700 CPU @ 4.00 GHz,
- Memory: 32.0 GB RAM
- OS: Windows 10 @64-Bit
- Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 580
The VR Laboratory at the Institute of Construction Informatics is dedicated to research in all things concerning visualization in Civil Engineering, to provide students a highly interactive experience and to further enable the user to virtually be in the building and observe all aspects of the project in finer details. The VR lab is currently dedicated to probing into the recent advancement of Digital Twins by using the actual building on campus as its model.
With the help of VR, teaching can be accomplished making it much more focused, faster, and is usually easier to understand, as students learn a certain technical aspect just like in a first-hand experience.