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Lines from the past: Non-photorealistic immersive virtual environments for the historical interpretation of unbuilt architectural drawings Moloney, C, Twose, S, Jenner, R, Globa, A and Wang, R 2017, 'Lines from the past: Non-photorealistic immersive virtual environments for the historical interpretation of unbuilt architectural drawings', in Antonio Fioravanti, Stefano Cursi, Salma Elahmar, Silvia Gargaro, Gianluigi Loffreda, Gabriele Novembri, Armando Trento (ed.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe - Virtual and Augmented Reality - Volume 2 (eCAADE 2017), Rome, Italy, 20-22 September 2017, pp. 711-720. Document type: Conference Paper Collection: Conference Papers Title Lines from the past: Non-photorealistic immersive virtual environments for the historical interpretation of unbuilt architectural drawings Author(s) Moloney, C Twose, S Jenner, R Globa, A Wang, R Year 2017 Conference name eCAADE 2017: ShoCK! - Sharing of Computable Knowledge! Virtual and Augmented Reality - Volume 2 Conference location Rome, Italy Conference dates 20-22 September 2017 Proceedings title Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe - Virtual and Augmented Reality - Volume 2 (eCAADE 2017) Editor(s) Antonio Fioravanti, Stefano Cursi, Salma Elahmar, Silvia Gargaro, Gianluigi Loffreda, Gabriele Novembri, Armando Trento Publisher Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe Place of publication Brussels, Belgium Start page 711 End page 720 Total pages 10 Abstract The trajectory of virtual reality for architecture is towards photo-realism. While this may be effective for some contexts, we propose that abstraction is more appropriate for the purposes of a historian interpreting drawings of unbuilt works of architecture. The case study we are using to explore this proposition is the Palazzo Littorio competition set in 1934 Rome. We present two prototype immersive virtual reality (iVR) applications developed in Unity for Oculus Rift: the first uses an etching aesthetic to produce a quasi-realistic site context and an interface that enables the comparative evaluation of competition entries from key viewing positions; the second application takes an even more abstract approach, where the aim is to immerse the historian within a 3D drawing, along with other historical material (drawings, photos, paintings, narrations of texts) and uses spatialized sound to evoke the ambience of the period. Subjects Design Innovation Keyword(s) Virtual Reality Non-Photorealism Architectural History Copyright notice Copyright © 2017 Publisher: eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) and Dep. of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome ISBN 9789491207136 Related Links Link Description http://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2017_151.pdf Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 08 Jul 2019, 15:14:18 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 41 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 05 Jul 2019, 12:33:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator