Design and exploration of braiding swarms in VR

Wagner, Daniel; Hofmann, Christian; Hamann, Heiko; von Mammen, Sebastian

Design and exploration of braiding swarms in VR

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2017

Authors

Wagner, Daniel

Hofmann, Christian

Hamann, Heiko

von Mammen, Sebastian

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VRST '17: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology / Fjeld, Morten; Fratarcangeli, Marco; Sjölie, Daniel et al. (ed.). - New York, NY : ACM, 2017. - 13. - ISBN 978-1-4503-5548-3

Abstract

Swarm-based braiding of structures represents a novel research direction in the domain of building architecture. The idea is that autonomous agents, for instance robots that unroll threads or plants that grow, are programmed or influenced to braid. It is an aspect of biohybrid systems where organisms and robots join forces. In order to harness this idea, we have developed a swarm-based model that allows architects to explore the resulting design spaces in virtual reality. In this paper, we present (1) the model of our swarm-based simulation that aims at growing braided structures, (2) the design elements to guide the otherwise self-organising virtual agents, and (3) the user interface that allows the user to configure, place and grow the swarms of braiding agents. We also present results of a first user study with students and faculty from architecture, in which we tried to capture the usability of our first prototype based on a survey and an analysis of the built results.

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004 Computer Science

Conference

VRST '17 : 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Nov 8, 2017 - Nov 10, 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden

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WAGNER, Daniel, Christian HOFMANN, Heiko HAMANN, Sebastian VON MAMMEN, 2017. Design and exploration of braiding swarms in VR. VRST '17 : 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. Gothenburg, Sweden, Nov 8, 2017 - Nov 10, 2017. In: FJELD, Morten, ed., Marco FRATARCANGELI, ed., Daniel SJÖLIE, ed. and others. VRST '17: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. New York, NY:ACM, 13. ISBN 978-1-4503-5548-3. Available under: doi: 10.1145/3139131.3139169

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@inproceedings{Wagner2017Desig-59866,
  year={2017},
  doi={10.1145/3139131.3139169},
  title={Design and exploration of braiding swarms in VR},
  isbn={978-1-4503-5548-3},
  publisher={ACM},
  address={New York, NY},
  booktitle={VRST '17: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology},
  editor={Fjeld, Morten and Fratarcangeli, Marco and Sjölie, Daniel},
  author={Wagner, Daniel and Hofmann, Christian and Hamann, Heiko and von Mammen, Sebastian},
  note={Article Number: 13}
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