Informing Architecture and Urban Modeling with Real-world Data on 3D Tangible Interfaces and Augmented Displays

integration through computation acadia 2011 _proceedings The p ro l i f e r a t i on o f on l i ne and d i g i t a l da t a i n ou r wo r l d y i e l ds unp receden ted oppo r t un i t i e s f o r connec t i ng phys i ca l and d i g i t a l pa rame t r i c mode l s w i t h l i v e da ta i npu t and f eedback . Tang ib l e i n t e r f aces and augmen ted d i sp l a ys p rov i de t hea t r i ca l se t t i ngs f o r des i gne rs t o v i sua l i z e r ea l -wo r l d da ta and expe r i ence r ea l t ime f eedback wh i l e man ipu l a t i ng phys i ca l and d i g i t a l mode l s on t he t ab l e . Th i s pape r p roposes a new app roach t o des i gn wo rk f l ow, whe re phys i ca l mode l and v i r t ua l mode l can be i n t e rconnec ted and i n f o rmed i n r ea l t ime by mu l t i p l e ana l y t i ca l da t ase t s and l i v e da ta s t r eams . Us i ng 3D scann i ng , b l ob de tec t i on , and mu l t i t ouch t echn iques , mu l t i d imens iona l t ang ib l e i n t e r f aces and augmen ted d i sp l a ys p resen ted i n t h i s pape r demons t r a t e a powe r f u l new app roach f o r des i gn i ng and i n t e r ac t i ng w i t h phys i ca l mode l s , ma te r i a l s , and env i r onmen ta l da t a . Informing Architecture and Urban Modeling with Real-world Data on 3D Tangible Interfaces and Augmented Displays