XR - Active Bending
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2024
An Extended-Reality App Using Motion Capture for Bending-Active Structure
This research enhances the design and assembly workflow of adaptable bending-active structures by integrating motion capture (MoCap) and extended reality (XR) technologies. Using bamboo as the primary material, it examines elastic deformation properties and introduces a workflow enabling real-time adjustments to digital models based on assembly conditions. Unlike static XR applications, this approach supports a dynamic assembly process that adapts to environmental conditions through real-world data feedback. MoCap tracks the deformation, movement, and positioning of materials during modular assembly, merging real-world input into the digital model for immediate adjustments. This improves precision and dynamically aligns physical and digital spaces. Tracking systems facilitate adaptive shape design by detecting planes, adjusting lengths, and visualizing material bending in real-time. XR technology further enhances efficiency and user experience by overlaying digital guides on physical components. A user interface was also developed for the XR application, designed according to Apple and Google’s guidelines to ensure an intuitive experience with minimal cognitive load. Combining adaptive workflows and real-time digital modeling, this approach provides assemblers with intuitive guidance, making the design and assembly of bending-active structures more efficient and adaptable.
This research enhances the design and assembly workflow of adaptable bending-active structures by integrating motion capture (MoCap) and extended reality (XR) technologies. Using bamboo as the primary material, it examines elastic deformation properties and introduces a workflow enabling real-time adjustments to digital models based on assembly conditions. Unlike static XR applications, this approach supports a dynamic assembly process that adapts to environmental conditions through real-world data feedback. MoCap tracks the deformation, movement, and positioning of materials during modular assembly, merging real-world input into the digital model for immediate adjustments. This improves precision and dynamically aligns physical and digital spaces. Tracking systems facilitate adaptive shape design by detecting planes, adjusting lengths, and visualizing material bending in real-time. XR technology further enhances efficiency and user experience by overlaying digital guides on physical components. A user interface was also developed for the XR application, designed according to Apple and Google’s guidelines to ensure an intuitive experience with minimal cognitive load. Combining adaptive workflows and real-time digital modeling, this approach provides assemblers with intuitive guidance, making the design and assembly of bending-active structures more efficient and adaptable.
| Credits: Chia Hsuan Chao and Wataru Nomura, |
| supervised by Alexandra Moisi (ETH Zurich, Gramazio Kohler Research), Prof. Dr. Daniela Mitterberger (XAIA lab, School of Architecture, Princeton University) This research was part of the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication program 2023-24 at ETH Zürich. |
| Master thesis 2023-24, Chia Hsuan Chao and Wataru Nomura |