Hybrid Places
Mixed Reality (MR) technology offers new opportunities to design environments where physical and virtual realms converge to create interactive experiences for working, living, learning, and playing. At IPL, we develop Hybrid Places which combine elements of Physical and Virtual Places to create shared experiences and social interactions among members of distributed organizations.
Hybrid places include the design of Hybrid-Physical Places - where physical occupants can interact with virtual occupants using MR technology. It also includes Hybrid-Virtual Places - where virtual occupants can interact with physical occupant using VR technology, while relying on real-time occupancy data collected using Internet of Things (IoT) systems and then broadcasted in to the hybrid-virtual environments.
Media
Publications
- Schaumann D., Duvdevani N., Elya A., Levin I., Sofer T., Drusinsky B., Ozery E., Raz O., and Feldman T. 2023. "Coupling Co-Presence in Physical and Virtual Environments for Hybrid Placemaking”. Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) Futures. [Forthcoming].
- Migliore A., Tagliaro C., Schaumann D., Hua Y. 2022. "University hubs: an emerging phenomenon between campus, work, and social spaces”. Transdisciplinary Workplace Network (TWR). pp. 146-156.