An Experimental Cabin of the Virtual Reality Lab of Architectural Environment (VRLab) was put into operation in Tianjin University recently. Jointly built by the Institute of Architectural History & Theory (TJU) and the VRLab, the Experimental Cabin is also open to the public as an exhibition hall of architectural heritage.

The cabin is equipped with current mainstream head-mounted VR systems, AR interactive display systems, omnidirectional VR motion platform, 3-screen splicing projection VR interactive system, multi-type flight platform for low-altitude digital heritage acquisition, and an EEG brain electricity and physiological signal acquisition and analysis platform for cognitive research. 

Meanwhile, two mainstream virtual reality platforms, the lab works on cognitive experiments and the development of various types of heritage exhibition projects.

Founded in 2013, the Virtual Reality Lab of Architectural Environment at Tianjin University's School of Architecture is affiliated to the "Key Laboratories under the Ministry of Information Technology, Culture and Tourism on Inheriting Architectural Culture (TJU).