Game Engine-based Point Cloud Visualization and Perception for Situation Awareness of Crisis Indoor Environments

Zhenyu Liu; Runnan Fu; Linjun Wang; Yuzhen Jin; Theodoros Papakostas; Xenia Una Mainelli; Robert Voûte; Edward Verbree

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Game Engine-based Point Cloud Visualization and Perception for Situation Awareness of Crisis Indoor Environments

Zhenyu Liu, Runnan Fu, Linjun Wang, Yuzhen Jin, Theodoros Papakostas, Xenia Una Mainelli, Robert Voûte, Edward Verbree

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Because unknown interior layouts can have serious consequences in time-sensitive situations, crisis response teams request many potential solutions for visualizing indoor environments in crisis scenarios. This research uses a game engine to directly visualize point cloud data input of indoor environments for generating clear interaction between the environment and viewers, to aid decision-making in high-stress moments. The prospective final product is an integration of game-oriented visualization and cartography, hosted within Unreal Engine 4 (UE4), allowing users to navigate throughout an indoor environment, and customizing certain interaction features. The UE4 project consists of 4 modules: data preprocessing, render style, functional module, and user interface. Finally, this research uses a single-floor indoor point cloud dataset collected from a building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for the implementation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	LBS 2021: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Location Based Services
Editors	Anahid Basiri, Georg Gartner Gartner, Haosheng Huang
Publisher	TU Wien
Pages	183-194
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34726/1786
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	LBS 2021: 16th International Conference on Location Based Services (Online) - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Nov 2021 → 25 Nov 2021

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Conference	LBS 2021: 16th International Conference on Location Based Services (Online)
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	24/11/21 → 25/11/21

Keywords

Game Engine
Unreal Engine 4
3D Visualization
Situation Awareness
Point Cloud
Indoor Environment
Crisis Scenario

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Liu, Z., Fu, R., Wang, L., Jin, Y., Papakostas, T., Mainelli, X. U., Voûte, R., & Verbree, E. (2021). Game Engine-based Point Cloud Visualization and Perception for Situation Awareness of Crisis Indoor Environments. In A. Basiri, G. G. Gartner, & H. Huang (Eds.), LBS 2021: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Location Based Services (pp. 183-194). TU Wien. https://doi.org/10.34726/1786

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Game Engine-based Point Cloud Visualization and Perception for Situation Awareness of Crisis Indoor Environments. / Liu, Zhenyu; Fu, Runnan; Wang, Linjun et al.
LBS 2021: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Location Based Services. ed. / Anahid Basiri; Georg Gartner Gartner; Haosheng Huang. TU Wien, 2021. p. 183-194.

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