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Augmented Reality Visualization of Numerical Simulations in Urban Environments

Authors:
Sebastian Ritterbusch
Staffan Ronnas
Irina Waltschlaeger
Philipp Gerstner
Vincent Heuveline

Keywords: Visualization, Augmented Reality, Numerical Simulation, Urban Airflow, Geographical Information Systems

Abstract:
Visualizations of large simulations are not only computationally intensive but also difficult for the viewer to interpret, due to the huge amount of data to be processed. In this work, we present a novel Augmented Reality visualization method, which enables simulations based on current city model data to be presented with localized real-world images. Test scenarios of urban wind flow and fine dust simulations illustrate the benefits of mobile Augmented Reality visualizations, both in terms of selection of data relevant to the user and facilitation of comprehensible access to simulation results.

Pages: 26 to 39

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2013. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2013

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-261x