Through the use of XR (augmented & virtual reality) the My Virtual Moreland app aims to bring visual transparency to planning applications within Moreland. Anyone with a compatible smart phone can retrieve a 3D model of selected planning applications and view them either in AR or VR – on location or on a tabletop. Where previously there would be concept sketches, now a user can assess potential visual impacts at scale, be they overshadowing or overlooking views into another property.
The My Virtual Moreland app also provides the community with a better way of gathering vital information about advertised planning applications using a variety of user friendly and intuitive search tools including searching by address, keywords, application number or by simply viewing all advertised planning applications as pinned locations on a map of Moreland.
The My Virtual Moreland app features several XR modes:
Tabletop mode allows users to view a miniature version of proposed developments in context using a simple printable AR marker on a table top.
On location mode is a location based mode which overlays a 3D model of the proposed development at the site of the application allowing the user to visualise the proposed development at 1:1 scale from any angle.
Mobile VR mode allows the user to insert their phone into a compatible mobile VR headset and view the 3D model in VR mode.