KURASHIKI VIEWER: Qualitative Evaluations of Architectural Spaces inside Virtual Reality

Taro Narahara

doi:10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.011

KURASHIKI VIEWER: Qualitative Evaluations of Architectural Spaces inside Virtual Reality

Taro Narahara

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Abstract

This paper discusses how virtual reality (VR) environments can be employed as a data collection tool beyond visualization and representation tools through a simple experiment in a VR space and speculates about its potential applications. Using a VR model that runs on a web browser based on an existing historic town in Japan called Kurashiki, the experiment asked 30 recruited participants to freely walk around and leave ratings on a 5-point scale on any buildings or objects appealing to them. The proposed system in this paper can display points of interest of multiple participants using heatmaps superimposed on a map that can help users visually understand statistical preferences among them. The project's goal is to provide a quantitative means for qualitative values of architectural and urban spaces, making such data more shareable. We intended to show that such a platform could help multiple stakeholders reach better consensuses and possibly collect training datasets for machine learning models that could extract features related to the attractiveness in architecture and urban spaces.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	POST-CARBON, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022, Volume 1
Editors	Jeroen van Ameijde, Nicole Gardner, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Dan Luo, Urvi Sheth
Publisher	The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
Pages	11-18
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789887891772
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.011
State	Published - 2022
Event	27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: Apr 9 2022 → Apr 15 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
ISSN (Print)	2710-4257
ISSN (Electronic)	2710-4265

Conference

Conference	27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022
City	Virtual, Online
Period	4/9/22 → 4/15/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Architecture
Building and Construction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
Modeling and Simulation

Keywords

Crowdsourcing
SDG 10
SDG 11
Virtual Reality

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Narahara, T. (2022). KURASHIKI VIEWER: Qualitative Evaluations of Architectural Spaces inside Virtual Reality. In J. van Ameijde, N. Gardner, K. H. Hyun, D. Luo, & U. Sheth (Eds.), POST-CARBON, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022, Volume 1 (pp. 11-18). (Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia). The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.011

Narahara, Taro. / KURASHIKI VIEWER : Qualitative Evaluations of Architectural Spaces inside Virtual Reality. POST-CARBON, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022, Volume 1. editor / Jeroen van Ameijde ; Nicole Gardner ; Kyung Hoon Hyun ; Dan Luo ; Urvi Sheth. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, 2022. pp. 11-18 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia).

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Narahara, T 2022, KURASHIKI VIEWER: Qualitative Evaluations of Architectural Spaces inside Virtual Reality. in J van Ameijde, N Gardner, KH Hyun, D Luo & U Sheth (eds), POST-CARBON, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022, Volume 1. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, pp. 11-18, 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022, Virtual, Online, 4/9/22. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.011

KURASHIKI VIEWER: Qualitative Evaluations of Architectural Spaces inside Virtual Reality. / Narahara, Taro.
POST-CARBON, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022, Volume 1. ed. / Jeroen van Ameijde; Nicole Gardner; Kyung Hoon Hyun; Dan Luo; Urvi Sheth. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, 2022. p. 11-18 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia).

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