WHAT THEY SAID

Architect

Sir Norman Foster & Partners, London

It is true that the tools of visualisation of buildings are very limited today. The development of new ways of representing ideas, so we can test and judge them, before we can build them, will aid the architectural planning and development communities greatly.

Judge

Mr. Francois Perrin, Neuchatel, Switzerland

In the justice environment, this visual communication system will have an immediate application. Not only being used as proof of the case, but reducing time and expenses by enabling a full picture of the scene, therefore eliminating regular profile visits to the scene. The development will be providential in many reports of litigation.

- Confirmation of site details of a litigious incident.

- Aid in the proof of destructive decay.

- Aid to damage caused to protective sites.

- Exploration of a site.

- Expropriation of a site.

- Contested aesthetics of construction.

- In difficult environments of access for the members of a tribunal.

The system will prove to be rapidly indispensable in any situation where the exact visual appreciation of a litigious subject is needed and to judge the full scenario. There is also the need for the relay of visual realism within court, especially for the recall of information upon demand, interactively controlled to demonstrate the desired events.

Scientist

NASA, Houston, Mr. Gordon Wells, former Principal Science Investigator for the Space Shuttle Observation Program at Johnson Space Center

We have indeed experience in this area and a considerable interest for several reasons, both in engineering and in basic scientific research…. As you will note from my example, NASA has a continuing interest in stereoscopic representations of true visual environment for engineering tests and scientific research. Your work with 360 degrees stereographic representation would be particularly exciting to those involved in the development of space flight simulation and remote control of sample collection operations on extra-terrestrial surfaces.

Royal Institute of British Architects

RIBA Member

GV offers the potential for recording the appearance of site and buildings very extensively, without prescribing subsequent viewing, and does not therefore limit or influence the perception and attention of the designer, or other professionals. Any method of recording locations can be valuable throughout the range of architectural work, and this seems particularly complete and flexible, offering also the possibility of showing changes to those locations.

Academic/research

Construct IT/Centre for Virtual Environment, Salford University

Construction of complex virtual environment is known to be tedious and time consuming. Therefore, the Centre for Virtual Environment is interested in investigating the use of GV technology for automatically generating visual environment of real world scenes. They are also interested in integrating GV with laser scanners to generate virtual environments with in-depth information. Such technology will support the ongoing, joint research projects between Construct IT and the Centre for Virtual Environment, in the area of construction.