

interactively analyze the sun shadows throughout the day,.collaboratively review and compare multiple urban planning scenarios (using multiple VR headsets),.In VR, users now can intuitively interact with the 3D city model to Centrally located in the office is a table with the 3D city model placed on top. The basic idea of the VR experience is to create an environment that planners and other stakeholders are familiar with: The users initially finds themselves in a virtual planning office, with a nice 360° view, for example of their city (Figure 1). The experience comes as a ready-to-use and extensible Unreal Engine project template, from which CityEngine scenes can be easily imported, configured and viewed. It builds on a combination of ArcGIS CityEngine, which is used for data integration, 3D modeling and scenario development, and Epic Games UnrealEngine, which then renders the scene in real-time, controls the VR headset and its controllers, and allows for collaborative studies using multiple headsets over the network. The CityEngine VR Experience is a complete solution for easily creating a premium VR application to explore your 3D city models and urban planning scenarios.

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