{"id":7277,"date":"2021-09-01T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.hslu.ch\/immersive-realities\/augmented-reality-in-urban-planning\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:54:16","slug":"augmented-reality-in-urban-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.hslu.ch\/immersive-realities\/en\/augmented-reality-in-urban-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality in Urban Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Project Description<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The project aims to develop visual standards to support the planning process and assist stakeholders in decision-making.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Augmented Reality (AR) is considered a promising tool in urban planning. AR can improve communication between non-experts and specialists by presenting abstract representations more clearly within the urban environment. Research has already shown positive results regarding the potential of AR in participatory processes due to its interactivity, accessibility, and ease of understanding.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In urban planning, AR is intended to support decision-making in the early stages of the planning process. This is achieved by visualizing architectural models to scale, providing participants with a realistic starting point. Different visualization and representation methods, which will serve as planned models in user studies, are placed within an urban context.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Data<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table projecttable\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:33%\"><strong>Project Type<\/strong><\/td> <td>Research<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:33%\"><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/td><td>01.09.2021-08.02.2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>Funding<\/strong><\/td><td>Innosuisse<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:33%\"><strong>Project Team<\/strong><\/td><td>Carolin Reichherzer, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hslu.ch\/immersive-realities\/en\/dario-lanfranconi\/\">Dario Lanfranconi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hslu.ch\/immersive-realities\/anh-nguyen\/\">Anh Nguyen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hslu.ch\/immersive-realities\/richard-wetzel\/\">Richard Wetzel<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project aims to develop visual standards to support the planning process and assist stakeholders in decision-making.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.hslu.ch\/immersive-realities\/en\/augmented-reality-in-urban-planning\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":6674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-project-en"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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