Crossing the Pell - The Exhibition
The inclusion of the public in decisions of infrastructural change is at the heart of Crossing the Pell - The Exhibition, that exhibits the designs for infrastructural reuse as experiences rather than drawings and physical models. The exhibition include three variants of experiences: virtual reality rides and walks through the schemes and an augmented reality exploration of a virtual 40 ft long bridge in one’s physical space.
The inclusion of the public in decisions of infrastructural change is at the heart of Crossing the Pell - The Exhibition, that exhibits the designs for infrastructural reuse as experiences rather than drawings and physical models. The exhibition include three variants of experiences: virtual reality rides and walks through the schemes and an augmented reality exploration of a virtual 40 ft long bridge in one’s physical space.
Virtual Reality Experiences
A stationary bike with a fully interactive cycling simulation allowed the visitor(s) to pedal and steer through 3.5 km of the designs in VR. Through an immersive virtual reality biking simulation, users can control both the speed and the steering of the stationary bike. The hardware setup includes a wheel sensor, a speed sensor and a path sensor for a true-to-life biking sensation in virtual reality. While the user experiences the designs through the bike and a virtual reality headset, spectators can experience the biker’s ride as it is reflected in the laptop in real time.
A Pano Tour and a VR headset conveys the pedestrian experience with a 1:1 scale walk through the designs. The 3.5km designs include many destinations for pedestrians including benches, scenic overlooks, coffee shops, playgrounds, bike rentals and dog parks. Using a virtual reality headset and a designated circular boundary of movement, the visitor can walk along the bridge in a narrated tour from Newport all the way to Jamestown.
A stationary bike with a fully interactive cycling simulation allowed the visitor(s) to pedal and steer through 3.5 km of the designs in VR. Through an immersive virtual reality biking simulation, users can control both the speed and the steering of the stationary bike. The hardware setup includes a wheel sensor, a speed sensor and a path sensor for a true-to-life biking sensation in virtual reality. While the user experiences the designs through the bike and a virtual reality headset, spectators can experience the biker’s ride as it is reflected in the laptop in real time.
A Pano Tour and a VR headset conveys the pedestrian experience with a 1:1 scale walk through the designs. The 3.5km designs include many destinations for pedestrians including benches, scenic overlooks, coffee shops, playgrounds, bike rentals and dog parks. Using a virtual reality headset and a designated circular boundary of movement, the visitor can walk along the bridge in a narrated tour from Newport all the way to Jamestown.
VR Bike Ride
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VR Walking Tour
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Augmented Reality Experience
The augmented reality table brings a virtual component into one’s physical world. The visitor can experience the bridge designs in their own space through a 12m long augmented table that includes a historic timeline of the bridge and images of the four designs. Using an iPad that senses an augmented image on the table, one can conjure up the bridge design in one’s physical domain. The visitor can walk along the length of the bridge, peer into the structural supports, and climb to the top of the cable arches to examine the design at different scales.
The augmented reality table brings a virtual component into one’s physical world. The visitor can experience the bridge designs in their own space through a 12m long augmented table that includes a historic timeline of the bridge and images of the four designs. Using an iPad that senses an augmented image on the table, one can conjure up the bridge design in one’s physical domain. The visitor can walk along the length of the bridge, peer into the structural supports, and climb to the top of the cable arches to examine the design at different scales.
AR Bridge Table
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