Collaborative Design: Integrating Game Engine to Online Interactive Presentation Tool

In this research, we aim at the development of a computeraided collaborative design tool, which supports the online architectural presentation independently from computer platforms and locations. Users are enabled to access the system and collaborate among working team via the Internet. Various online 3D Game engines are explored and evaluated. One 3D Game engine is selected and used as a base engine for the collaborative tool development. The application development will specifically concentrate on real-time presentation, shared representation and understanding among design teams and project owner. Traditional architectural design presentation in collaboration process will be imitated and transformed into digital age online presentation