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IVS is an application of virtual reality designed to allow navigation in and interaction with the visual and cartographic data of Virtual Shanghai in a 3-D environment. Its objectives can be defined as:- Making sense of large-scale visual database through a process of image clustering based on their degree of similarity/dissimilarity- Producing shifting view points on urban space through a “perspective vision” that shows/hide items along with movement through the 3-D environmentThe iVS application was set up in the Ballroom of the Rhônes-Alpes Pavilion (Urban Best Practices Area). Since its opening to the public on Tuesday 16 August, it has received between 2,000-2,700 visits per day. We present below a few snapshots of the installation, the public, and the local iVS team.Feng Yi, Christian Henriot, Gérald Foliot, Jiang JieA view of iVS (3-D urban mapping)Young iVS usersA view of iVS (image planetarium)e-Scholarship can be fun !