{"id":9492,"date":"2020-08-20T17:20:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.laval-virtual.com\/?p=9492"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:51:24","slug":"10-success-factors-for-an-effective-vr-meeting-using-openbim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laval-virtual.com\/en\/10-success-factors-for-an-effective-vr-meeting-using-openbim\/","title":{"rendered":"10 success factors for an effective VR meeting using openBIM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Reality<\/a> (VR) meetings are very effective when they are organized and executed in a professional manner. Like any meeting, they require preparation, an agenda, targets, and timing. But unlike other meetings, they will transport the participants into a Virtual Reality space. This means the standard rules will have to be adapted. Philippe Acas, Chief Business Officer of <\/strong>Vixel<\/strong><\/a>, shares his experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will be focusing on meetings with multiple users, each at different geographical locations. More precisely in construction projects, specifically using an openBIM environment where IFC and BCF are being used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us say that the part of your project you would like to have a meeting about is ready to be shared with others. – That is to say, “Shared level” according to ISO 19650, or MMI 300. – Your models are most likely gathered in an openBIM platform or Common Data Environment. This allows you to easily bring your models to VR using Vrex or other VR-applications, and share access with others such as architects, engineers, user representatives, and other stakeholders involved in the projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your VR meeting can take many forms. It can have two people, or a dozen, or more. It can be informal, it can be highly structured like an ICE session, or somewhere in between. We will be describing somewhere in between these below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performing a VR meeting is similar to preparing for a dive in the sea. You have your equipment, buddies, a dive plan, timing, exit point, and debriefing with notes. So, let us dive into it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Prepare an agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You need to make a clear agenda. In an openBIM context it makes sense to prepare the agenda as a list of BCF issues to be discussed in the VR session. These BCFs will have the locations of each meeting topic. You access them in VR directly from your BIM platform or shared data-environment. Vrex synchronizes BCFs both ways, so they are easy to access in VR, and to add comments and create new ones directly back from inside VR, thus making it a very effective agenda tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plan proper timing for each BCF to be discussed. Overloading the BCF list might lead you to rush topics, or making the VR meeting take too long (As with a dive, no more than 45 minutes straight is recommended). Your IFC models are of course the latest version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Send a complete invitation<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The invitation should include the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n