In real virtual reality

摘要

"My milk's gone," cries the gatekeeper, storming into the site office. "What are you going to do about it?" Then the phone rings. "Can you tell me when the torn r crane will arrive?" A minute later the piling subcontractor knocks on the door. "Do the piles really have to be that clean?" he asks.The site manager and contractor put on hard hats and go to inspect them.rnThis all happens in five minutes and is typical of the average site. But we are in a 'site simulator' where Construction News is the site manager and actors are playing the other parts. The site is the £40 million Eleven Brindleyplace in Birmingham, finished this year by BAM Construct.