Advantages, Critics and Paradoxes of Virtual Reality Applied to Digital Systems of Architectural Prefiguration, the Phenomenon of Virtual Migration

Abstract

The research in question proposes analyzing cross-methodologies related to the phenomenon of the current adherence and dissemination of the new VR tools in architectural design through an in-depth study on topics such as the rather fluid learning curve of software, the level of emotional narrative adherence on an optimal calibration of digital media, but above all regarding issues related to the intensive use of such tools such as lack of collective testing or possible isolation from the real world. In the case study are confronted the multilevel fruitions of a VR environment on Uneral Engine with Oculus Rift Viewer and on an experimental EyeCad VR platform, a specific solution for architects, documenting how the reconfigured space combines multiple stages of investigation until a vision of objective synthesis, representing, with all its limitations and paradoxes, a powerful and versatile media of constantly evolving expression.

Keywords

• virtual tour of real or imagined space
• 3d modelling
• interaction design