Tangible CityScape, 2013
Adopting 2.5D Shape Display to Assist Collaborative Urban Massing
Sheng Kai Tang, Yusuke Sekikawa, Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Hiroshi Ishii
Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab
Abstract
This project developed a tangible interactive design system, Tangible CityScape, on top of the well known 2.5D shape display, inForm, to assist the urban massing process. With Tangible CityScape, planners can convert abstract information into tangible shapes and cross-refer tangible information of multiple city systems. They can also manipulate both digital and tangible representations and leave annotations with both collocated and remote partners.