AR for Sustainable Renovation of Buildings
Daniël van den Berg (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Jeffrey Helgers (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Marcel Kralt (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Sonny Lans (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Elmar Eisemann – Mentor
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Abstract
Energiepaleis, a company that realizes sustainable home renovations, requested an application that uses augmented reality to show their customers beforehand, what certain sustainable devices would look like in their homes after renovations. A marker is placed on the spot where the device needs to stand and then the application will show the device on the screen. Before creating the application, research was done in the field of augmented reality. The research gave insights in the possibilities of augmented reality in mobile phone applications. The sustainable devices are represented by BIM models, these models are visualized using ARToolKit. The implemented system can be divided in three parts, augmented reality platform, user interface and the core of the application. The augmented reality platform handles the rendering of the models. The user interacts with the user interface and the core of the application controls the rendering based
on the user actions. Testing the application is done in two different ways, manual and automated testing. Manual testing is done after each new feature is implemented. Automated testing is used to assure correct behavior.