TY - GEN
T1 - Using panoramic augmented reality to develop a virtual safety training environment
AU - Pereira, Ricardo Eiris
AU - Gheisari, Masoud
AU - Esmaeili, Behzad
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 ASCE.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Safety training has a direct impact on the prevention of construction accidents, and increasingly dynamic and complex working conditions require that construction workers and professionals acquire the safety-related knowledge they need to make safety conscious decisions. Currently, virtual modeling methods-such as building information modeling (BIM)-provide the means for visualizing the associated safety conditions present during construction projects and for simulating real working environments for safety-training purposes. However, these models use unrealistic computer-generated simulations of a construction environment and therefore do not provide a full depiction of real-world environments in terms of time, physical space, and material properties. One of the emerging technologies that can address this limitation is panoramic augmented reality. In this paper, 360° panoramas are used for visualizing complex situations on real construction sites, and these panoramas can be augmented with different layers of safety-related information. Panoramic augmented reality creates highly realistic and detailed representations of real construction sites while giving users a sense of immersion. These features enable 360° panoramic augmented reality to become a strong tool for developing training materials specifically for construction safety. In such an environment, construction workers and professionals are capable of navigating within the data-rich environment of a real construction project to observe and identify the safety challenges present in various circumstances. This paper describes the technical development of a virtual safety training environment using a panoramic augmented reality technique. The process of generating the panoramic experience, the techniques for augmenting the captured panoramas with different layers of safety-related information, and the resulting safety training platform are explained in detail. Additionally, this paper presents a pilot study to illustrate the hazard identification training within the proposed platform.
AB - Safety training has a direct impact on the prevention of construction accidents, and increasingly dynamic and complex working conditions require that construction workers and professionals acquire the safety-related knowledge they need to make safety conscious decisions. Currently, virtual modeling methods-such as building information modeling (BIM)-provide the means for visualizing the associated safety conditions present during construction projects and for simulating real working environments for safety-training purposes. However, these models use unrealistic computer-generated simulations of a construction environment and therefore do not provide a full depiction of real-world environments in terms of time, physical space, and material properties. One of the emerging technologies that can address this limitation is panoramic augmented reality. In this paper, 360° panoramas are used for visualizing complex situations on real construction sites, and these panoramas can be augmented with different layers of safety-related information. Panoramic augmented reality creates highly realistic and detailed representations of real construction sites while giving users a sense of immersion. These features enable 360° panoramic augmented reality to become a strong tool for developing training materials specifically for construction safety. In such an environment, construction workers and professionals are capable of navigating within the data-rich environment of a real construction project to observe and identify the safety challenges present in various circumstances. This paper describes the technical development of a virtual safety training environment using a panoramic augmented reality technique. The process of generating the panoramic experience, the techniques for augmenting the captured panoramas with different layers of safety-related information, and the resulting safety training platform are explained in detail. Additionally, this paper presents a pilot study to illustrate the hazard identification training within the proposed platform.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85048660843
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85048660843#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1061/9780784481288.004
DO - 10.1061/9780784481288.004
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2018: Safety and Disaster Management - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2018
SP - 29
EP - 39
BT - Construction Research Congress 2018
A2 - Harper, Christofer
A2 - Lee, Yongcheol
A2 - Harris, Rebecca
A2 - Berryman, Charles
A2 - Wang, Chao
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2018: Safety and Disaster Management, CRC 2018
Y2 - 2 April 2018 through 4 April 2018
ER -