"Steve Jobs famously said that computers are like a bicycle for the mind. VR is very much a bicycle for our spatial cognition." Spivey Lipsey defends the value of Virtual Reality in construction combined with BIM production.
With a minimal additional cost, we can improve the accuracy of all the immersive aspects of 3D models, ease the sequencing of elements and link schedule information to geometry. And, of course, it also helps to align the design to client expectations.
Over two centuries ago, German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quipped that “Few people have the imagination for reality.”
Maybe that’s why virtual and augmented reality technologies, which allow people to see structures and spaces before they’re built, are making significant inroads into the construction industry today.
Director of Design Technology David Flynn authored an article in Construction Executive about how proper information management in construction can bring tangible financial benefits.
"Construction players can interact directly with a project’s cost, schedule, design, construction and ops process and connect intangibles such as activities and risks. The result: a truly cohesive integrated asset lifecycle that recovers value and reduces costs".
