LENS is a VR digital archive of contemporary urban public spaces for landscape architecture education and research. Explore parks, plazas, waterfronts and other built public spaces through immersive 360° recordings.
Each project combines design information and sources with fixed-point 360° recordings. Turn to look around from the recording position; projects with several viewpoints let you explore different parts of the space. Open recordings in YouTube or the YouTube VR app on a compatible headset.
Originally introduced as “Library of Experienceable Landscape Spaces,” the archive now uses LENS as its brand name.
Content on LENS is released under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 — you may copy and share the material in any medium for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution and a link to the licence. You may not distribute adapted versions under this licence. Uses outside these terms require permission from the relevant rights holder. Third-party material is covered only where indicated; other rights and applicable exceptions remain unaffected.
Suggested citation (APA)
Wang, Y. (2026). LENS: A VR digital archive of contemporary urban public spaces (lens-vr.com) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23269677
LENS has been developed and maintained since 2025, with the current web version completed in 2026. The project is authored by Yujia Wang, with from the College of Architecture, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Resources on this platform are currently applied in VR-based pedagogical work at LARC 210 — Landscape Architecture Studio II.
Yujia Wang is a landscape architect, educator, and researcher. He is Associate Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture at UNL and a Faculty Fellow at the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. His work spans built practice, design pedagogy, and research on the performance of urban public landscapes and human–nature co-benefits. Full profile →
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