THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY AS A TOOL IN PLANNING THE DEPLOYMENT OF ITS

The "artist's impression" is often used as a persuasive tool in promoting infrastructure projects such as bridges and buildings. Unfortunately for many public facing ITS projects, static pictures do not give a tangible look and feel for decision makers and end users. Consequently, support for deployment might not be given, or it might not sufficiently meet user needs. This paper describes how VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) has been used successfully to produce interactive demonstrations of ITS technology in advance of deployment or further research, even influencing the design of a major multi-modal interchange. For the covering abstract see E134653.

• Authors:
  • GRAYSTON, P
  • WOODS, H
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 7p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ITS WORLD CONGRESS, LONDON, 8-12 OCTOBER 2006

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conferences; Design; Intelligent transportation systems; Interchanges; Structures; Technology; Transfer points
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 3355: Engineering structure; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 433: Interchange; 3855: Technology; 1185: Transport interchange (passengers)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087309
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 29 2008 10:13AM