A research team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (UM), recently won a third prize in the Metaverse Hackathon for Digitalization and Decarbonization in Construction at the 22nd International Conference on Construction Application of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2022).
The event attracted 17 international teams from 13 universities and two companies to exchange the latest research results in areas such as Digital Twin, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality. The UM team was formed by two FST students, namely Ho Man Hin and Qiao Yutong, research assistant professor Dr Wong Mun On in the FST; as well as Prof Pan Wan and Dr Zhang Zhiqian from the University of Hong Kong.
During the hackathon, the team presented a study titled ‘Loco-AR: Lift Operation Coordination using BIM and Multi-user AR’, which provides a novel solution to modular construction. Through superimposing real-time 4D building information modelling to construction sites, the project can enhance information sharing among construction workers at various locations, with the goal of promoting the culture of collaboration in the construction industry.
CONVR is a world-leading conference in the areas of virtual reality, augmented reality and building information modelling for smart construction. This year’s conference attracted 550 researchers from 71 universities and ten companies in 22 different countries.
| Source: Faculty of Science and Technology | |
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