Nicholas Polys
ABSTRACT
This project explores the difficulties of increasing density in a college town struggling with how to plan for population growth. It presents a concept idea for a section of Downtown Blacksburg, Virginia that meets the varied planning goals of the community. It also experiments with an innovative way of presenting plans with 3D computer models to prompt discussion about the vision by inviting a group of people to experience 3D models of the concept in an immersive display. A select group of participants completed surveys, viewed presentations of 3D computer models of conceptual developments in Blacksburg, and discussed their opinions and thoughts about the models and proposed ideas. The findings suggest that 3D modeling can be a better planning tool for helping decision-makers understand density and quality design than typical planning tools based on 2D presentations.
- Toni Alatalo, Matti Pouke, Timo Koskela, Tomi Hurskainen, Ciprian Florea, and Timo Ojala. 2017. Two Real-world Case Studies on 3D Web Applications for Participatory Urban Planning. In Proceedings of the 22Nd International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 11, 9 pages. Google Scholar
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- Jens Dambruch and Michel Krämer. 2014. Leveraging Public Participation in Urban Planning with 3D Web Technology. In Proceedings of the 19th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technologies (Web3D '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 117--124. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Dieter Hildebrandt, Jan Klimke, Benjamin Hagedorn, and Jürgen Döllner. 2011. Service-oriented Interactive 3D Visualization of Massive 3D City Models on Thin Clients. In Proceedings of the 2Nd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research & Applications (COM.Geo '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 6, 1 pages. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Ji-Sun Kim, Nicholas Polys, and Peter Sforza. 2015. Preparing and Evaluating Geospatial Data Models Using X3D Encodings for Web 3D Geovisualization Services. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 55--63. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Nicholas Polys, Jessica Hotter, Madison Lanier, Laura Purcell, Jordan Wolf, W. Cully Hession, Peter Sforza, and James D. Ivory. 2017. Finding Frogs: Using Game-based Learning to Increase Environmental Awareness. In Proceedings of the 22Nd International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 10, 8 pages. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Iñaki Prieto and Jose Luis Izkara. 2012. Visualization of 3D City Models on Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 101--104. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Nikita Sharakhov, Nicholas Polys, and Peter Sforza. 2013a. GeoSpy: A Web3D Platform for Geospatial Visualization. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on MapInteraction (MapInteract '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 30--35. Nikita Sharakhov, Nicholas Polys, and Peter Sforza. 2013b. SpeedSpy: A Mobile Web3D Platform for Visualizing Broadband Data. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 208--208.Google Scholar
- Dan Tilden, Ankit Singh, Nicholas F. Polys, and Peter Sforza. 2011. Multimedia Mashups for Mirror Worlds. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 155--164. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- The value of 3D models and immersive technology in planning urban density
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