Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) can benefit urban planning and interior design in several ways. AR allows urban planners to visualize big data by creating 3D representations of infrastructure changes to analyze impacts. It also encourages citizen participation by providing realistic previews of development projects. VR can turn cities into smart cities by enabling citizens to interact with local authorities and access public services virtually. For interior design, AR and VR allow designers and clients to place virtual furniture and see realistic previews of room designs, helping reduce errors and costs. Both technologies improve communication of design ideas between designers and clients.

1. Use of AR/VR in Urban
planning and Interior
designing
Introducing The Smart World
Guided by:- Sandeep Jena

2. What is AR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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What is VR Uses of AR in Urban
planning
Uses of AR in Interior
designing
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Uses of VR in Urban
planning
Uses of VR in Interior
designing

3. What is AR
01
Augmented Reality Technology is an environment
where the additional information created by a
computer is added to the user’s view of a real-
world scenario

4. Augmented Reality :-
 Augmented reality is the augmentation of human sensory
perception by superimposing virtual objects on the real world,
which is a variation of virtual environments.
 AR sits between reality and complete virtuality that is called
Virtual Reality.
 Augmented reality (AR) is one of the biggest technology trends
right now, and it’s only going to get bigger as AR ready
smartphones and other devices become more accessible around the
world.
 AR let us see the real-life environment right in front of us—trees
swaying in the park, dogs chasing balls, kids playing soccer—with a
digital augmentation overlaid on it.
 Augmented reality is, in fact, readily available and being used in a
myriad of ways including as Snapchat lenses, in apps that help you
find your car in a crowded parking lot, and in variety of shopping
apps that let you try on clothes without even leaving home.

5. What is VR
virtual reality (VR), the use
of computer modeling and simulation
that enables a person to interact with an
artificial three-dimensional (3-D) visual
or other sensory environment .

6. Virtual Reality :-
 VR applications immerse the user in a computer-generated environment that simulates reality
through the use of interactive devices, which send and receive information and are worn as
goggles, headsets, gloves, or body suits.
 There are many different types of virtual reality systems but they all share the same
characteristics such as the ability to allow the person to view three-dimensional images. These
images appear life-sized to the person.

7. Uses of AR/VR in Urban
Planning
 The decision to allow the construction of a new
office building or commercial center is a serious
one. Expanding a residential area with several new
units needs careful analysis. Every new building
added to an area impacts everything: public
utilities, traffic, the environment and the comfort
and wellbeing of the rest of the residents.
 Thus, urban planning is just as important as public
safety and healthcare services for all of us. With
the help of AR and VR, urban planners can work
better and more efficiently.

8. 1. Visualizing Big Data
Example of the residential area expansion, Every new house
needs electricity, gas, water and sewage – the basic
utilities. Supplying these utilities to single units or
apartment complexes means an extra load for the existing
networks.
Thus, urban planners, together with utilities providers need
to work and determine whether the existing networks are
capable of handling the extra load or not. However,
abstract data is not easy to understand and interpret. With
3D visual representations in VR or AR, all the stakeholders
have a clear view of the potential changes. Thus, they can
decide whether they need to resize the utilities networks to
accommodate the residential expansion.

9. 2. Encouraging Citizens
to Participate in Urban
Development Projects
Public utility projects usually need to go through a
public consultation phase before the works actually
start. In the past, citizens would see some design
plans and a 2D computer rendering. Recently, they
were replaced by simulation videos and 3D
photographs of the future buildings and
developments.
Thanks to AR and VR, citizens can get a more
realistic view of how these projects will fit into the
environment and relate to the existing buildings.

10. 3. Turning Cities into
Smart Cities
AR and VR are not useful only for urban planners to
make city development decisions. New
technologies can help citizens interact with local
authorities, access public services, plan their
commute and perform other similar tasks.
Mobile apps with augmented reality and virtual
reality capacities can turn a crowded city into a
smart city, where its inhabitants have a degree of
control over how it works and how it grows.

11.  Urban planners could use AR to place
bridges,
 View traffic intersections up for
redevelopment or get visuals on how wind
may impact building development
 Working with landscape designers they could see
projects at ground level in the real world with AR
overlays.
 Additional layers of information could be
implemented to help in wayfinding through a city,
giving tourists information on buildings as they
walk around, or make queries for nearby museums,
restaurants and shops.

13. Uses of AR/VR in Interior Design
 Just as in many other fields, interior design is another one where researchers implement AR/VR
technologies.
 AR allows users to place 3D models of furnishings in a real environment to see what the room will
look like furnished. VR, on the other hand, is a completely made-up virtual environment that also
uses 3D models of products, and everything else.
 AR technology is valuable for architecture because of its ability to generate pop-up 3D models of
projected structures, enrich them with additional digital content, and overlay them with animated
simulations that analyze how people and equipment will eventually flow through and around them.
 When projects shift from prototyping to construction, AR can be used to enhance or even replace the
digital drawings used by fabricators and engineers.
 AR will help reduce errors and omissions in development projects, thus saving time and money for
construction and development companies.
 Buyers can use augmented reality apps to take virtual tours of buildings.
 VR technology is actually less about helping designers who are creating works and more about
helping them communicate those ideas to clients.

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