Improving Ray Tracing Understanding With Immersive Environments 2024 Nuno Verdelho Trindade, Lídia Custódio, Alfredo Ferreira, João Madeiras Pereira IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies DOI PDF Cite Plain textN. Verdelho Trindade, L. Custódio, A. Ferreira, and J. M. Pereira, "Improving ray tracing understanding with immersive environments," IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 17, pp. 1975–1988, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TLT.2024.3436656. BibTeX@article{verdelhotrindade2024, author={Verdelho Trindade, Nuno and Custódio, Lídia and Ferreira, Alfredo and Pereira, João Madeiras}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies}, title={Improving Ray Tracing Understanding With Immersive Environments}, year={2024}, volume={17}, number={}, pages={1975-1988}, keywords={Ray tracing;Color;Visualization;Image color analysis;Prototypes;Three-dimensional displays;Usability;Educational games;educational simulations;immersive environments;learning via discovery;understanding;virtual reality}, doi={10.1109/TLT.2024.3436656}} educational games educational simulations immersive environments learning via discovery understanding virtual reality
The Role of Situatedness in Immersive Dam Visualization: Comparing Proxied with Immediate Approaches 2024 Nuno Verdelho Trindade, Pedro Leitão, Daniel Gonçalves, Sérgio Oliveira, Alfredo Ferreira Computers 2024, 13, 35, DOI: 10.3390/computers13020035 DOI PDF Cite Plain textN. Verdelho Trindade, P. Leitão, D. Gonçalves, S. Oliveira, and A. Ferreira, "The role of situatedness in immersive dam visualization: Comparing proxied with immediate approaches," Computers, vol. 13, p. 35, 2024, doi: 10.3390/computers13020035. BibTeX@article{computers13020035, AUTHOR = {Verdelho Trindade, Nuno and Leitão, Pedro and Gonçalves, Daniel and Oliveira, Sérgio and Ferreira, Alfredo}, TITLE = {The Role of Situatedness in Immersive Dam Visualization: Comparing Proxied with Immediate Approaches}, JOURNAL = {Computers}, VOLUME = {13}, YEAR = {2024}, NUMBER = {2}, ARTICLE-NUMBER = {35}, URL = {https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13020035}, ISSN = {2073-431X}, ABSTRACT = {Dam safety control is a multifaceted activity that requires analysis, monitoring, and structural behavior prediction. It entails interpreting vast amounts of data from sensor networks integrated into dam structures. The application of extended reality technologies for situated immersive analysis allows data to be contextualized directly over the physical referent. Such types of visual contextualization have been known to improve analytical reasoning and decision making. This study presents DamVR, a virtual reality tool for off-site, proxied situated structural sensor data visualization. In addition to describing the tool’s features, it evaluates usability and usefulness with a group of 22 domain experts. It also compares its performance with an existing augmented reality tool for the on-site, immediate situated visualization of structural data. Participant responses to a survey reflect a positive assessment of the proxied situated approach’s usability and usefulness. This approach shows a decrease in performance (task completion time and errors) for more complex tasks but no significant differences in user experience scores when compared to the immediate situated approach. The findings indicate that while results may depend strongly on factors such as the realism of the virtual environment, the immediate physical referent offered some advantages over the proxied one in the contextualization of data.}, DOI = {10.3390/computers13020035} } augmented reality dam safety control immediate situated visualization immersive analytics proxied situated visualization situated analysis structural health monitoring virtual reality
Extended Reality in AEC 2023 Nuno Verdelho Trindade, Alfredo Ferreira, João Madeiras Pereira, Sérgio Oliveira Automation in Construction, Volume 154, October 2023, 105018 DOI PDF Cite Plain textN. Verdelho Trindade, A. Ferreira, J. M. Pereira, and S. Oliveira, "Extended reality in AEC," Automation in Construction, vol. 154, p. 105018, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105018. BibTeX@article{verdelhotrindade2023, title = {Extended reality in AEC}, journal = {Automation in Construction}, volume = {154}, pages = {105018}, year = {2023}, issn = {0926-5805}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105018}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926580523002789}, author = {Nuno {Verdelho Trindade} and Alfredo Ferreira and João {Madeiras Pereira} and Sérgio Oliveira}, keywords = {Systematic literature review, Extended reality, Virtual reality, Augmented reality, AEC}, abstract = {This article presents a survey on extended reality (XR) application to architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC). A systematic literature review (SLR) of studies found in the Scopus digital library is carried out for that purpose. The SLR comprises 983 relevant papers published between 2011 and 2022. It frames and aggregates research by the AEC field and by the usage of XR technologies. With that aim, specific taxonomies are developed and applied. Research typologies, including used approaches and contributions, are also examined. Furthermore, the limitations and challenges cited in the analyzed studies are addressed. This SLR is primarily addressed to researchers for decision-making in identifying and scoping future research activities. It is also directed to AEC practitioners as a source to determine the conditions in which XR can be used and what its implications are.} } aec augmented reality extended reality systematic literature review virtual reality
DamAR: Augmented Reality in Dam Safety Control 2019 Nuno Verdelho Trindade, Alfredo Ferreira, Sérgio Oliveira International Journal on Hydropower and Dams Nr. 5, Vol. 26 PDF Cite Plain textN. Verdelho Trindade, A. Ferreira, and S. Oliveira, "DamAR: Augmented reality in dam safety control," International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 56–62, Aqua Media International Ltd., Wallington, U.K., 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.hydropower-dams.com/articles/damar-augmented-reality-in-dam-safety-control/ BibTeX@article{verdelhotrindade2019, author = {Nuno {Verdelho Trindade} and Alfredo {Ferreira} and Sergio {Oliveira}}, title = {DamAR: Augmented Reality in Dam Safety Control}, year = {2019}, publisher = {Aqua Media International Ltd.}, address = {Wallington, England}, url = {https://www.hydropower-dams.com/articles/damar-augmented-reality-in-dam-safety-control/}, journal = {International Journal on Hydropower and Dams}, number= {5}, volume = {26}, pages={56-62}, numpages = {7}, keywords = {augmented reality, dam safety control, structural engineering, concrete dams}, abstract = {This paper explores the application of augmented reality to the inspection and monitoring of large structures, namely concrete dams. It proposes an approach to dam safety control, using augmented reality, focused on offering new visualization possibilities, that are not accessible using traditional methods. The specification and development of DamAR, a proof-of-concept prototype that allows the visualization, on-site, of relevant structural health monitoring information, in an augmented reality environment, is described, including the benefits to structural engineers and observation technicians. A preliminary evaluation, aimed at validating the proposed approach, shows that augmented reality technologies can be used efficiently in dam safety control.} } augmented reality concrete dams dam safety control structural engineering
