THE INFLUENCE OF EXPLORATION IN VIRTUAL CITIES ON COGNISING URBAN STRUCTURE

In recent years, various open 3D data for cities has been released by several organizations, prompting investigation of their usecases. This research aims to analyse the influence of exploration in virtual cities on cognising urban structure through the following aspects: firstly, the characteristics and factors of movement to discover urban assets; secondly, the characteristics of urban assets; and finally, cognising of urban structure depicted in cognitive maps. All data is analysed by comparing the results of exploration in real and virtual cities. Ultimately, the results propose the possibility of utilising virtual reality for urban exploration by leveraging new open data.