Bringing Together Real-world Sensors and VR to Improve Building Maintenance

Jan 31, 2024

An example VR scene for an office with building hardware mapped as mixed reality objects that can be interacted with.

A new system that brings together real-world sensing and virtual reality would make it easier for building maintenance personnel to identify and fix issues in commercial buildings that are in operation. The system was developed by computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and Carnegie Mellon University.