Mixed Reality System for tracking
of 1:100 scale buildings in a town
planning scenario
Roy C. Davies
Lund University, Sweden.
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Participants
• Roy C. Davies
– Dept of Design Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
– RE-FLEX, flexible reality centre, Lund University, Sweden
• Elisabeth Hornyanszky Dalholm, Birgitta Rydberg
Mitchell
– Dept of Architecture, Lund University, Sweden
• Torsten Persson
– City of Malmö, Division of Real Estate, Property Development
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Presentation will include:
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Background and History
Aims
Methodology
Technology
Preliminary Results
Conclusions
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RE-FLEX
A technology and expertise resource
centre combining Lund University,
the Technical Faculty (LTH) and Lund
University Hospital working for the
benefit of society in the Skåne and
Öresund regions where the focus is
on people, democracy and solving
real-world problems.
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Finding the most appropriate technology
for the users and the task.
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Usability
Flexibility
Diversity
Collaboration
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Members
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Department of Architecture and
Development Studies
Building Function Analysis
Division of Structural Mechanics
Design Methodology
Division of Rehabilitation
Engineering Research
Cognitive Science
Department of Computer Science
Department of Automatic Control
Environmental Psychology
Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol
Technology
Forensic Medicine
GIS Centre
Informatics
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Division of Industrial Design
Institution of Informatics
Landscape Architecture
Logopedics, Phoniatrics and
Audiology
Division of Machine Design
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Division of Packaging Logisitics
Department of Psychology
Department of Rehabilitation, LundOrup
Division of Robotics - Mechanical
Engineering
Traffic and Road, Dept of
Technology and Society
Vestibular Laboratory
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A Central Resource for the Region
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The Full Scale Modelling Lab
(which can also be used for other scale models as well...)
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Design @ Work
• Multidisciplinary Research Group
– Architecture, Design, Drama, Psychology,
Informatics, Ergonomics, Computer Science,
Human Computer Interaction, Participatory Design
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Formed about 7 years ago
Active until about 2 years ago
Less active now, but still talking to each other
New projects to continue from previous work
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Working in the Fullscale Lab
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Participatory Design
• Involving all the people connected to a
design change (end users)
• Tacit Knowledge
• Communities of Practice
• Design by doing
• Supporting Collaboration and
Communication
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Envisionment Workshop
• A toolbox with various tools and
methods of usage for participatory
design
• Full Scale Modelling, Drama, Virtual
Reality, Democratic Meeting Techniques
• Integration of the tools
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Aims
• To further improve the integration of
the physical models with the virtual
environments.
• To use and refine this new tool through
real design situations.
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Object
• Sege Park, an area of Malmö with
existing buildings and a park-like feeling
that is to be preserved.
• Situation: a gentrification of the area is
in progress with renovations and new
buildings being discussed and built.
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Methodology
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A Case Study
Iterative Prototyping
User Centered Design
Prototype testing through real situations
Observations
Feedback from the test subjects
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Technology
• Wood, Cardboard, Paper, Glue
• VICON Optical Tracking System
– Modified for rigid body tracking
• Virtual Reality System with double
projectors and Passive Stereo
Capabilities
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Testing a prototype
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Preliminary Results
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Conclusions
• And future work
• Where to now?
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Questions ?
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