| Vision Techniques in Video-mediated communication |
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| Vision
techniques and their application in video-mediated communication offer
a number of interesting research opportunities. Issues around eye
contact, field of view and line of sight all become even more pressing
when designing for medium to long-term deployment. James Norris has started a PhD with me and Qiu Guoping on this subject. |
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| October 2009 - November 2012 |
| Adaptive Architecture |
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| Adaptive
Architecture is concerned with buildings that adapt to their
environment and to their inhabitants whether this is automatically or
through human intervention. This is a multi-disciplinary research interest spanning
Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Design, Psychology and the Social Sciences. Within this Leverhulme
Fellowship, I investigate Adaptive Architecture across these different disciplines, with
a particular emphasis on the requirements of its inhabitants. |
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| October 2007 - December 2009 |
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| PhD Studentship available - Reactive Environments - Apply HERE |
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| Description |
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| The Leverhulme Trust Associated Publications: Schnädelbach, H. Galani, A. and Flintham, M., Embedded Mixed Reality Environments, in Dubois, E., Gray, P. and Nigay L., The Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems, Springer, London, 2010, pp.57-78 Schnädelbach, H., Visibility in Architecture Extended through Audiovisual Communication Technologies, in proceedings of Space Syntax Symposium 2009, Stockholm, Sweden Hale, J., Schnädelbach, H., Moving City: Curating Architecture on Site, in Curating Architecture and the City, edited by Sarah Chaplin and Alexandra Stara, (Vol 4 in the series AHRA Critiques), London: Routledge, 2009 Bedwell, B., Schnädelbach, H., Benford, S., Rodden, T., Koleva, B., In Support of City Exploration, in proceedings of CHI 2009, Boston, USA Schnädelbach, H., Adaptive Architecture, Ubiquitous Computing at a Crossroads Workshop, 2009, London, Ubicomp Grand Challenge Related work in Mixed Reality Architecture |
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| Anywhere - Somewhere - Everywhere |
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| Discover
the Nottingham you didn't know on a guided tour where you are the
guide. Unlock unknown spaces and overhear stories these spaces tell.
Anywhere Somewhere Everywhere was an interactive conversation with new
technology from fingerprint to footprint – between the visitor
and the visited, past and present, private and public. It allowed participants to explore an urban area, tying
together information not normally available, new points of views and
interaction embedded into physical places. Guided by ‘unseen’,
on-the-street performers in an ongoing conversation maintained over
mobile phones, they gained access to locative media and staged
performances. Ceated in collaboration of Willi Dorner, The Mixed Reality Lab and the Architecture Department. |
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| 23-26 April 2008 at Broadway Cinema, Nottingham |
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| Description |
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Associated publication: Bedwell, B., Schnädelbach, H., Benford, S., Rodden, T., Koleva, B., In Support of City Exploration, in proceedings of CHI 2009, Boston, USA The Broadway Cinema |
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| Thrill Laboratory: Oblivion |
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| In
a follow-on project to Fairground Thrill Laboratory, Brendan Walker and
the Mixed Reality Lab collaborated to bring Thrill Laboratory to Alton
Tower's Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop roller coaster. |
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| September 2007 |
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| Description |
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| Associated
Publications: TV footage |
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| Fairground: Thrill Laboratory |
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| Equator and
Healthsmart are supporting Brendan Walker, the curator of Fairground:
Thrill Laboratory, at the Dana Centre of the Science Museum, London in
his exploration of the nature of Thrill. Body mounted telemetry
equipment is used to allow an audience to participate in the
experiences of riders on a fairground ride. |
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| October/Nobember
2006 |
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| Description |
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| Associated
Publications: Schnädelbach, H., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Reeves, S., Benford, S., Walker, B. and Wright, M., Performing Thrill: Designing Telemetry Systems and Spectator Interfaces for Amusement Rides, in prodeedings of CHI 2008, Florence, Italy Walker, B., Schnädelbach, H., Egglestone, S.R., Clark, A., Orbach, T., Wright, M., NG, K.H., Rodden, T., Benford, S., French, A., Augmenting Amusement Rides with Telemetry, in proceeding of ACE 2007, Salzburg, Vienna A collection of coverage in regional, national and international TV |
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| Future Garden |
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| A PDA based
tour of Sneinton Market, Nottingham, UK, using a novel
'follow-the-video' navigation interface. |
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| May 2006 |
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| Description |
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| Associcated
Publications: Schnädelbach, H., Hale, J., Dorner, W., Bedwell, B., Benford, S., Mardell, J., Future Garden, in proceedings of TIDSE 2006, Darmstadt, December 2006, pp. 346-351, Springer, short paper, forthcoming |
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| Mixed Reality
Architecture 1 |
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| Linking
physical and virtual spaces into a
dynamic architectural topology |
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| Ongoing |
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| Mixed
Reality
Architecture
(MRA) dynamically links and overlays physical and virtual 3 dimensional
spaces. This project at the Bartlett School of Architecture and the
MRL in Nottingham investigates the topology of and the relationships
between the components of MRA from an architectural perspective on
Mixed
Reality. As a phenomenon, MRA takes its place in a long history of
technologies that have influenced conditions for social interaction as
well as the environment we build around us. However, by providing a
flexible spatial topology spanning physical and virtual environments it
presents new opportunities for social interaction across electronic
media. An experimental MRA allowed us to study some of the emerging
issues in this field. It provided material for the development of a
framework describing virtual and physical spaces, the links between
those and the types of mixed reality structure that we can envisage it
being possible to design using these elements. Following this initial work, a re-developed MRA has been deployed in six different offices at three academic institutions in the UK and studied long-term. It has proven effective in providing its inhabitants with informal but also focussed opportunities for contact with remote colleagues. Through its virtual 3D nature and its embededness into physical buildings, contacts made are visible and accountable to others. It can be said to integrate well with exisiting building structures and work practices that are to be found there. MRA has now been used for more than two years with a changing population and accross different physical offices. |
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| www.mixedrealityarchitecture.com Description: Intro to PhD thesis |
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| Associated
Publications: Schnädelbach, H. Galani, A. and Flintham, M., Embedded Mixed Reality Environments, in Dubois, E., Gray, P. and Nigay L., The Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems, Springer, London, 2010, pp.57-78 Schnädelbach, H., Visibility in Architecture Extended through Audiovisual Communication Technologies, in proceedings of Space Syntax Symposium 2009, Stockholm, Sweden Schnädelbach, H., Penn, A., and Steadman, P., Mixed Reality Architecture: A Dynamic Architectural Topology, proceedings of Space Syntax Symposium 2007, Istanbul, Turkey Schnädelbach, H, Mixed Reality Architecture, PhD thesis, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL, London, 2007 Schnädelbach, H, Penn, A., Benford, S., Steadman, P., Koleva, B., Moving Office: Inhabiting a Dynamic Building, CSCW 2006 conference, Banff, Canada, pp.313-322 Schnädelbach, H., Penn, A., Koleva, B., Stanton, D., Glover, T., Benford, S., Mixed Reality Architecture: initial experiences, Technical Report Equator-04-001, 2004 Equator Schnädelbach, H, Penn, A., Benford, S Koleva, B, Mixed Reality Architecture: Concept, Construction, Use, Technical Report Equator-03-001, 2003 Equator Boriana Koleva, Holger Schnädelbach, Steve Benford and Chris Greenhalgh, Experiencing a Presentation through a Mixed RealityBoundary , proceedings Group 2001 conference, Boulder, USA |
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| Augurscope
II |
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| Redeveloped
Mixed
Reality Interface for Outdoors |
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| 2003 |
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| Equator Project |
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Associated Publications: Schnädelbach,
H., Koleva, B., Benford, S., Paxton M., Twidale, M., Anastasi R.,
The Augurscope: Refining its Design, Presence
special issue: Virtual Heritage, MIT Press, 2006
Benford, S., Schnädelbach, H., Koleva, B., Anastasi, R., Greenhalgh, C., Rodden, T., Green, J., Ghali, A., Pridmore, T., Gaver, B., Boucher, A., Walker, B., Pennington, S., Schmidt, A., Gellersen, H., Steed, A., Expected, sensed, and desired: A framework for designing sensing-based interaction, TOCHI, 12(1), ACM Press, 2005 Schnädelbach,
H., Koleva, B.,
Twidale, M., Benford, S., The Iterative
Design Process of a
Location-aware Device for Group Use, UbiComp 2004, Springer,
Nottingham, UK
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| Moving
City |
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| Created in a
collaboration between the Architecture School at
Nottingham and the Mixed Reality Lab, this guided walk explores the
projects of graduate Architecture students in the centre of Nottingham
with the help of a Flash based PDA interface. |
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| 2003 |
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| Part of Architecture week 2003. | |
| Description Access to Flash presentation |
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| Storytent |
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| An
immersive
projection interface for children |
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| 2002 |
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| Shape
Project |
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| Description
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Associated Publications: Jonathan Green, Holger Schnädelbach, Boriana Koleva, Steve Benford, Tony Pridmore, Karen Medina, Eric Harris, Hilary Smith, Camping in the digital wilderness: tents and flashlights as interfaces to virtual worlds , short talk CHI 2002, ACM Press, Minneapolis, USA |
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| Augurscope
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| A Mixed
Reality
Interface for Outdoors |
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| 2001 |
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| Shape
Project |
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| Description | |
| CHI video figure |
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Associated Publications: Holger Schnädelbach, Boriana Koleva, Martin Flintham, Mike Fraser, Paul Chandler, Malcolm Foster, Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh, Shahram Izadi, Tom Rodden, The Augurscope: A Mixed Reality Interface for Outdoors , proceedings CHI 2002, ACM Press, Minneapolis , USA |
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| Periscope |
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| A rotating
Mixed
Realiyt Interface |
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| 2001 |
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| Shape Project | |
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Associated Publications: Izadi, S., Fraser, M., Benford, S., Flintham, M., Greenhalgh, C., and Schnädelbach, H., Citywide: supporting interactive digital experiences across physical space , proceedings Mobile HCI'01, Lille, France Benford, S., Bowers, J., Chandler, P., Ciolfi, L., Flintham, M., Fraser, M., Greenhalgh, C. , Hall, T., Hellström, S. O., Izadi, S. ,Rodden, T., Schnädelbach, H.Taylor, I. , Unearthing Virtual History: Using Diverse Interfaces to Reveal Hidden Virtual Worlds , proceedings UBICOMP'01, ACM Press Hall, T., Ciolfi, L., Bannon, L., Fraser, M., Benford, S., Bowers, J., Greenhalgh, C., Hellström, S-O., Izadi, S. and Schnädelbach, H., The Visitor as Virtual Archaeologist: Using Mixed Reality Technology to Enhance Educational and Social Interaction in the Museum, in proceedings VAST'01, Glyfada, Greece Benford, S., Fraser, M., Koleva, B.,Schnädelbach,H., Flintham, M., Greenhalgh, C., Taylor, I., O'Malley, C., Fragmented Boundaries - Mixing realities by replaying virtual worlds in real spaces deliverable 4.1 for the Shape project |
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| Presenting
in
Mixed Reality |
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| Supporting
local
and remote presentations to
local and remote audiences in Mixed Reality |
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| 2000 |
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Associated Publication: Boriana Koleva, Holger Schnädelbach, Steve Benford and Chris Greenhalgh, Experiencing a Presentation through a Mixed RealityBoundary , proceedings Group 2001 conference, Boulder, USA |
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| Traversable
Interfaces to Mixed Reality |
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| Traversible
projection interfaces that establish
the illusion that people can cross between physical and virtual spaces |
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| 2000 |
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| Erena |
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Associated Publications: Anthony Steed, Steve Benford, Nick Dalton, Chris Greenhalgh, Ian MacColl, Cliff Randell, Holger Schnädelbach , Mixed-Reality Interfaces to Immersive Projection Systems , 7th annual Immersive Projection Technology Symposium, March 24-25, 2002, Orlando, USA Boriana Koleva, Holger Schnädelbach, Steve Benford and Chris Greenhalgh, Traversable Interfaces Between Real and Virtual Worlds, published in proceedings of CHI 2000 conference, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| Mixed Reality Link of the two Nottingham Campuses |  |
| Design Propsoal for a Virtual Learning and Teaching Environment using the Mixed Reality boundary | |
| April 1999 | |
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| Description |
| Interface to Cyberspace |
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| A Dwelling Place for Teleworkers | |
| July 1998 | |
| Project for the Diploma of Architecture at The University of Nottingham | |
| Description | |
Associated Document: Schnädelbach, H., Architecture: on the Threshold between Space and Cyberspace , MArch thesis, Nottingham, 1999 |
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| Nottingham Architecture Centre |
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| A new Architecture Centre for Nottingham | |
| July 1995 | |
| A new Architecture Centre for Nottingham combinging physical administration and meeting facilities with a 3D virtual online exhibition space, accessible from dedicated interfaces onsite and online. The public space around the physical building transforms into a shareable interface to the online 3D space with images projected on the covering canopy. The 3D virtual space adapts to diffferent uses (design space, exhibition, lecture theatre) and to different users, by making different parts of the space available. | |
| Project for the Bachelor of Architecture at The University of Nottingham |
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