Introduction
Overview of augmented reality
Application areas
AR technologies
Related studies
Main contributions
Research method
Selection of the journals and articles
Journal | Phase I | Phase II |
---|---|---|
Journal of Automation in Construction (AIC) | 87 | 43 |
Advanced Engineering Informatics (AEI) | 31 | 24 |
ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (CCE) | 27 | 20 |
Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITCON) | 22 | 19 |
Journal of Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CACIE) | 14 | 11 |
ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) | 13 | 11 |
Emerald Journal of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (ECAM) | 4 | 4 |
Emerald Journal of Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management (CIIPM) | 1 | 1 |
Total |
199
|
133
|
Review and identification of the article characteristics
Total | % | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIC |
43
|
32%
| 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
AEI |
24
|
18%
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
CCE |
20
|
15%
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
ITcon |
19
|
14%
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
CACIE |
11
|
8%
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
CEM |
11
|
8%
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
ECAM |
4
|
3%
| 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
CIIPM |
1
|
1%
| 1 | |||||||||||||
Total
|
133
|
100%
|
26
|
26
|
20
|
18
|
20
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Cumulative | 26 | 52 | 72 | 90 | 110 | 116 | 124 | 126 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 131 | 133 | ||
Percent | 20% | 39% | 54% | 68% | 83% | 87% | 93% | 95% | 97% | 97% | 97% | 97% | 98% | 100% |
Definition of categories
Dimensions | Categories |
---|---|
Research methodology improvement focus | Case study, Experimental/empirical study, Proof of concept, Questionnaire, Literature review |
AEC industry, Organization (Facility owner, Contractor, Designer), Projects, Individuals | |
Industry sector | Building commercial, Municipal/infrastructure, Heavy/highway, Residential, Industrial |
Target audience | Design team, Project manager, Worker/technician, Inspector, Project end user, Building systems engineers, Student, Other |
Project phase | Initiation, Design, Procurement, Construction, Maintenance |
Stage of technology maturity | Theory, Framework, Sub-system technical issues, System development, System application |
Application area | Simulation/visualization, Communication/collaboration, Information modeling, Information access/evaluation, Progress monitoring, Education/training, Safety/inspection |
Comparison role | Comparison modes (Model vs. model, Model vs. reality, Reality vs. reality), |
Comparison purpose (Progress monitoring, Defect detection, Evaluation the model, Updating the model, Validating the model) | |
Technology | User perspective (immersive, non-immersive), Device (mobile, non-mobile), Delivery (web-based, standalone) |
Location | Home-office, Field |
Categorization of the articles
Research methodology
Research method | Reference |
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Case study | |
Experimental/empirical study | |
Proof of concept | |
Questionnaire/survey | |
Literature review |
Improvement focus
Industry sector
Industry type | Reference |
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Building/commercial | |
Municipal/infrastructure | |
Heavy/highway | |
Industrial | |
Residential | Wang et al. (2012) |
Target audience
Target audience | Reference |
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Worker/technician | |
Design team | |
Inspector | |
Project manager | |
Building system engineers | |
Student | Wang et al. (2007) |
Project end user |
Project phase
Project phase | Reference |
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Initiation | |
Design | |
Procurement (procure.) | Ajam et al. (2010) |
Construction (constr.) | |
Maintenance |
Stage of technology maturity
Stage of technology maturity | Reference |
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Theory | Dunston and Wang (2011), Pradhan et al. (2012) |
Framework | |
Sub-system technical issues | |
System development | |
System application |
Application area
Application area | Reference |
---|---|
Simulation/visualization | |
Communication/collaboration | |
Information access/evaluation | |
Information modeling | |
Education/training | |
Safety/inspection |
Comparison role
Comparison mode | Reference |
---|---|
Model vs. Model | |
Model vs. Reality | |
Reality vs. Reality |
Technology
Location
Review
Discussion
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Journals: Automation in construction has the highest overall number of articles among the journals. The maximum number of AR technology articles published in these eight journals in a single year, occurred both in 2011 and 2012. Eighty-three percent of the articles were published in most recent five years.
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First authors: USA, with more than half of articles, is the dominant residence of the first authors.
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Research methodology: Case studies and experimental studies with 32% and 31% respectively, are the most frequent research method among selected articles.
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Improvement focus: The majority of the articles focus on projects rather than on the AEC industry, organization or individual level.
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Industry sector: building/commercial with 35% have the highest number of articles, whereas, residential have the least number of articles.
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Target audience: The most frequent focus is the workers (e.g., machine operators and technicians), whereas the least focus is on project end users.
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Project phase: The most frequent focus is the construction phase with the maintenance phase being next with approximately half as many articles. Twenty-six articles cover two phases (e.g., initiation/design) or all phases. Procurement phase shows a lack of focus in the area of AR systems.
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Stage of technology maturity: The most number of articles focus on AR system application rather than system development or sub-system technical issues.
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Application areas: Approximately half of the articles had a principal focus on visualization/simulation or communication/collaboration, and just a few articles focus on education/training and safety/inspection.
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Comparison role: 47% of the articles made reference to the comparison role of augmented reality technologies for comparing different statuses of projects. More than half of those articles focused on comparing a model with a reality to monitor progress and detect construction defects. Comparing model vs. model captured the least attention in this area. In addition, majority (%60) of the comparison articles focus on field audience (for progress monitoring and defect detection), while less than half of the comparison articles focus on home office audience (for model improvement).
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Hardware system: From the user-experience perspective most of the articles discussed non-immersive technologies. From the delivery perspective, most of the articles discussed standalone technologies, and from device perspective, most of the articles focus on non-mobile technologies. A spike in the number of articles focusing on mobile technologies occurred in 2011.
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Location: The most frequent focus is AR technologies which can be applied in the field (rather than in the home-office). The field category included almost 80% of those articles which referred to a location.
Future trends
Dimension | Category | 2008 | 2012 | Factor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Journal | AIE | 0 | 7 | ∞ |
Industry sector | Heavy/highway | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
Project phase | Maintenance | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
Delivery | Mobile | 4 | 7 | 1.8 |
Location | Field | 8 | 21 | 2.6 |
Total number of articles | All categories | 20 | 26 | 1.3 |