Virtual and Augmented Reality for Architecture and Design

This book is meant for practitioners and academics alike, as it examines specific aspects related to the use of new technologies in the field of Architecture and Design, highlighting its application in areas such as education, heritage, research, and methodologies.

Elisângela Vilar is an architect and currently full Researcher at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon. She obtained a Ph.D. in Ergonomics and Human Factors (2012), and Postdoc in Ergonomics in Design (2019), both from University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is an effective researcher at CIAUD in the ErgoUX Lab and a collaborator research at ITI/LarSys. Her main research focus is the study of Human interactions with built environments and complex systems using virtual environments, usability, and user experience.

Ernesto Filgueiras is a professor at the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal and an expert in User Experience, Ergonomics and Human-Centered Design to Design. He has vast experience in areas such as Methodologies for Product Design, Game Design and Analysis of human behavior in situation of interaction with real and digital products, with special emphasis on Gamification and Learn Process. He is the founder of the first Portuguese Master’s Degree in Game Design and Development.

Francisco Rebelo is an associate professor at the University of Lisbon, Director of the ergoUX and coordinator of the research Ergonomics group in CIAUD (Interdisciplinary Center for Studies in Architecture, Urbanism and Design) and Research Collaborator at ITI/LarSyS - Interactive Technology Institute. His activity of teacher and research is focused on Human Centered Design, usability and user experience. He has published more than 200 articles and book chapters and is Editor and Co-editor of 10 books.