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VirtualStudio@SoD

IDE1 Superform Show 2021 Close-up: The space ship contains rooms representing the different student projects. The room backgrounds were designed by the individual students. As the backend, Gather.town is used, a new online platform enabling dynamic group interactions.
IDE1 Virtual Studio 2020 Beta Version: The first version of the Virtual Studio shows the Stevens Building, Level 2.
The Virtual Pub after the IDE1 Superform Show 2021.

Project Leader: Dr Bjorn Sommer

CELLmicrocosmos projects

Chlamydomonas 3D - From Biological Cells to Biofuels (with Niklas Biere et al.)
CELLmicrocosmos 2 MembraneEditor: Java/3D software
The Vesicle Builder plugin for the CELLmicrocosmos 2 MembraneEditor can be used to create molecular complex structures like vesicles.
CELLmicrocosmos 4 PathwayIntegration: Java/3D software

Project Leader: Dr Bjorn Sommer

Collaboration Partners: Prof Dr Falk Schreiber, Prof Dr Ralf Hofestaedt

Grand Challenge Support 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2023/24

We are supporting the Grand Challenge at the School of Design with organizing VR Workshops in 2020/21 and 2021/22 and supporting the NEMO project with Map Visualization approaches. The Grand Challenge is probably the largest post-graduate student-driven design project in the world, bringing together students from different programs of the School of Design, such as Fashion, Product Design, Textiles, and of course Innovation Design Engineering.

The results from the Virtual Reality Workshop at the Grand Challenge 2021/22 was published here:

Virtual Reality Workshop at the Grand Challenge 2022–A Review with two Case Studies
B Sommer, S Jump, Y Dong, K Raoofi, RD Phillips, A Hall, P Anderson
Proceedings of Electronic Imaging 35/2023
[Conference Article]
2023

Project Leader: Dr Bjorn Sommer

Immersive Analytics

BinocularsVR: an exhibition at the island of Mainau (with Stefan Feyer et al.)
Concept and Setup of Tiled Stereoscopic 3D Display Wall at University of Konstanz, here: Web-based analysis of collective bird behaviour (Anaglyph Red/Cyan Stereo Image).
Stereoscopic Space Map connecting two stereoscopic displays – CAVE2 at Monash University and zSpace – via server-client architecture (Anaglyph Red/Cyan Stereo Image).

Project Leader: Dr Bjorn Sommer

Collaboration Partners: Prof Dr Falk Schreiber

StereoCompass App

The island of Mainau located in the lake of Konstanz. Photo in red/cyan anaglyph.
The Magic Column of Peter Lenk in Meersburg. Photo in red/cyan anaglyph.
The Munster in Konstanz. Photo in red/cyan anaglyph.

Project Leader: Dr Bjorn Sommer

Former/External Projects

External Project: Emotional Design + Bio materials

Biophilic Design can be described as a need to be associated with nature within the built environment. Nature has healing properties that could bring positive effects on human emotional, behaviour, psychological, and physiological state.
These artworks apply the elements of Biophilic Design with the usages of natural colours and living organisms; mainly succulents and air plants as it easy to maintain and do not need to be water every day.
The embedded plants can also help to purify the air and provide oxygen in small areas within the built environment. It is an alternative way of incorporating nature into the urban environment and encouraging people to get close to nature.
The original aims of the project are to understand and investigate the emotional responses of potential users toward biological materials which proposed to be embedded in everyday design. This study is part of an ongoing larger research project on emotional design and perception towards biological materials in everyday products (Sayuti and Ahmed-Kristensen, 2020). Therefore, related works are in progress on, e.g., identification of purposes, ownership regarding biological products as well as knowledge on bio-related genres (Sayuti, Sommer Ahmed-Kristensen, 2020 and 2021.

Project Leader: Dr Ayn Sayuti

External Project: Exploring Cognitive Playfulness Through Zero Interaction

Exploring Cognitive Playfulness Through Zero Interactions
Exploring Cognitive Playfulness Through Zero Interactions

Projects Leader: Dr Chang Hee Lee

Collaboration Partners: Dr Dan Lockton, Carnegie Mellon University

ACM SIGCHI Designing Interactive Systems (DIS’18)—Best Provocation Award (Top 2%)

Project Detail: [PDF]

External Project: Martian Delight: Exploring Qualitative Contact for Decoupled Communications

Project Martian Delight is a communication system that enables an astronaut to qualitatively contact their loved ones on Earth through decoupled communications during deep space exploration missions.
Project Martian Delight is a communication system that enables an astronaut to qualitatively contact their loved ones on Earth through decoupled communications during deep space exploration missions.

Project Leader: Dr Chang Hee Lee

Collaboration Partners: Dr Tibor Balint, JPL NASA

71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC)

Project Detail: [PDF]

External Project: Synaesthetic-Translation Tool: Synaesthesia as an Interactive Material for Ideation

Synaesthetic-Translation Tool: Synaesthesia as an Interactive Material for Ideation

Project Leader: Dr Chang Hee Lee

Collaboration Partners: Dr Dan Lockton, Carnegie Mellon University

ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’19 EA)

Project Detail: [PDF]