VR-Cloud

Google Earth

3DVIA

Server side

VR server

Application server

Application server

Application server

Server management

Server cluster (with static IP addresses)

Cloud server

Cloud server

VR database

Dataset

KMZ created in SketchUp

KMZ created in SketchUp

KMZ created in SketchUp

VR objects

Prepared and imported

Prepared locally and imported

Potential to use online data warehouse

Composed online using 3DVIA tool with potential to upload to online data warehouse

VR data editing

Impossible

Impossible

Direction, position and scale

Design alternatives

Prepared

Prepared

Possible for users to adjust in application

Data range

Planning site only

Global

Planning site only

Surrounding data

No

3D warehouse

3D warehouse

Functions of the VR server

VR navigation

Predefined and free camera

Free camera

Predefined and free camera

Built-in communication

No (QQ)

No (QQ)

Chat

Avatars

Car and person can move based on programmed scenarios

No

Avatars representing movement of real users

Sound environ.

Car noise

No

No

Total evaluation

SaaS

VR representation and simulation

VR representation

VR representation and communication with avatars

System developer

Difficult

Easy

Easy

Planning features

Comprehensive

Simple

Middle