Context:

Due to their complex and rigid infrastructure, cities often struggle to address challenges posed by climate change. This is particularly evident in efforts to promote sustainable and active mobility, such as fostering walkable urban environments and implementing necessary public infrastructure. These challenges are further exacerbated by the diverse needs of societal groups (mobility needs, social inclusion, improved health and well-being, and environmental restoration), which shape the demands placed on public infrastructure.

Within this project, an immersive, participatory planning ecosystem that seamlessly merges the physical and digital worlds will be created, contributing to new digital products and services for complex planning processes. By integrating Augmented Reality (AR), spatial computing, and geospatial mapping, the system will enable users to explore, interact with, and annotate real-world urban spaces while in motion, particularly focusing on walking. The ecosystem will support dynamic real-time exploration of public spaces, considering individual mobility needs, visualization, and critical evaluation of climate-adaptive and structural (spatially situated) urban redesigns via an AR interface, while allowing users to mark their observations and concerns via AR annotation features. The platform of choice will be Unreal and the Magic Leap 2 AR glasses.

Protocol:

  • Building an AR application for the Magic Leap 2 that visualizes (traffic) data and allows for interactivity (e.g., annotations, adding objects, etc.)
  • (For a master’s thesis) Conduct a user study to evaluate the prototype

Requirements

  • Unreal (or Unity, preferably the former)
  • Object Oriented Programming (C++/C#)
  • Knowledge of Augmented Reality is advantageous

Benefits

  • For a finished master’s thesis, compensation in the form of a one-time payment can be offered

Contact

The topic will be conducted at the VRVIS. For more information, please contact Marlene Huber (https://www.vrvis.at/ueber-uns/team/infos/huber-marlene) at mhuber@vrvis.at