D. Bowman, M. Setareh, M. Pinho, A. Ndiwalana, A. Kalita, Yunha Lee, John F. Lucas, M. Gracey, M. Kothapalli, Qinwei Zhu, A. Datey, P. Tumati
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Abstract
Immersive virtual environments (VEs) offer interactive, real-time visualization capabilities for engineers, architects, and scientists. This paper presents Virtual-SAP, an immersive VE application allowing users to assess building structures and their response to various environmental conditions through an interactive design-build-test-redesign cycle. Virtual-SAP has three distinct user interfaces that support its use with a high-end, multi-tracker VE system, with a low-cost portable VE system, or on the desktop. Two of these interfaces have been proven highly usable in user testing, and the third will be tested soon. Virtual-SAP is being used for both research and education.