Construction Applications of Virtual Reality

The aim/mission of CONVR 2009 will be to bring together researchers and practitioners in all areas of the  architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry to promote the exchange of ideas for applying Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. The objective of the conference is to report and disseminate ideas, progress, and products of innovative international research activities in the field and formulate strategies for future research directions. Topics may include but are not limited to:

Design visualization
Construction visualization
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Visual simulation for community planning
Modeling the physics of buildings
3D Geographical Information Systems
3D engines / Game Engines
Autonomous Agents in Virtual and Augmented Environments
Human-computer Interaction in virtual environments
Mobile and wearable computing
Virtual Reality standards for AEC visualization (e.g., X3D, VRML)
Virtual Reality in education and training applications
Collaborative visual and augmented environments
Interactive media environments
Ontologies for modeling and visualization
Developing of Game Engines for construction training
Value of VR models in the construction processes
Town planning
Application of visualization in Industrialized Building Systems (IBS)
Knowledge sharing and communications through visualization