Mixed Reality System for tracking of 1:100 scale buildings in a town planning scenario Roy C. Davies Lund University, Sweden.

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

Presentation will include: Background and History Aims Methodology Technology Preliminary Results Conclusions

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.

Finding the most appropriate technology for the users and the task.

Usability Flexibility Diversity Collaboration

Members 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 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, Lund- Orup Division of Robotics - Mechanical Engineering Traffic and Road, Dept of Technology and Society Vestibular Laboratory

A Central Resource for the Region

The Full Scale Modelling Lab (which can also be used for other scale models as well...)

Work Multidisciplinary Research Group –Architecture, Design, Drama, Psychology, Informatics, Ergonomics, Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Participatory Design 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

Working in the Fullscale Lab

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

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

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.

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.

Methodology A Case Study Iterative Prototyping User Centered Design Prototype testing through real situations Observations Feedback from the test subjects

Technology Wood, Cardboard, Paper, Glue VICON Optical Tracking System –Modified for rigid body tracking Virtual Reality System with double projectors and Passive Stereo Capabilities

Testing a prototype

Preliminary Results

Conclusions And future work Where to now?

Questions ?