VISION
VISION
VISION
In 1960, Doug Engelbart pioneered human-computer interaction with groundbreaking tools like the computer mouse, videoconferencing, and interactive visualizations. This work culminated in "The Mother of All Demos" in 1968, where Engelbart demonstrated these innovations live, transforming the conference space into an interactive interface where humans and machines communicated in real time through layered projections, sound, and remote participation. Since 1960 technology has progressed significantly, and parts of the vision presented by Doug Engelbart has become common knowledge and standard procedure. However, many of the philosophical and technical questions are still unanswered. These questions are also situated in the design realm, focusing on topics such as digital craft, human-machine interaction, and the translation of physical into digital systems. These topics entail novel forms of design processing and spatial experience, overlapping extended reality systems with machine and robotic entities.
Therefore, we at the XAIA research group explore these questions for architecture, engineering and construction, focusing on the augmentation of humans and machines.