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Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible Eran Ben-Joseph, Hiroshi Ishii, John Underkoffler, Ben Piper, Luke Yeung ABSTRACT
The development of multilayered manipulative platforms that integrate digital
and physical representations will have a significant impact on urban design and
planning processes. Their usefulness will be in their ability to combine and update
digital and tangible data in seamless ways to enhance the design process of the
professional and the communication with the public. The Luminous Planning Table
(LPT) is one of the first prototypes to use a tangible computerized urban design
and planning interface.This interface allows for a new form of information delivery
that is direct and understood by professionals and laypersons. The use of this
system is unique in the design and presentation process in which the activity
of viewing physical models and the viewing of animations or computerized simulations
is separate. This ability to engage and provide an integrated medium for information
delivery and understanding is promising in its pedagogical, professional, and
public engagement outcomes. |
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