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Modeling of Multi-level Indoor Environments: Wayfinding Support and Empirical Studies
Tutorial at the International Conference on Spatial Cognition 2010 (SC'10)
Motivation
The YAMAMOTO map modeling toolkit has been developed for the rapid modeling and visualization of multi-level buildings in 3-D, including the furnishing and landmark objects. It provides a route finding component that automatically generates visual route descriptions to support indoor navigation and wayfinding in desktop virtual environment (VE) models of complex buildings. The tool can be of interest for researchers, architects, and teachers concerned with indoor wayfinding, visualization, and spatial learning. We will show how to apply the tool for the modeling of real or fictive buildings and how to generate route descriptions. We report on how we have utilized YAMAMOTO models for empirical studies on wayfinding and spatial learning.Contents
Christoph Stahl will introduce the modeling toolkit YAMAMOTO and explain how to create 3D building models based on an actual example, including furnishing and landmark objects. It will be demonstrated how to explore such a building model from different perspectives and viewpoints and how to use the toolkit's dedicated features to create visual route descriptions for wayfinding. Additionally, we will highlight the tool's ability to model instrumented environments that comprise sensors and actuators, such as displays, for multimodal interaction between the user and the environment. We will show how such sensors allow a system to proactively assist its users in their everyday tasks. Application domains for such smart environments are navigational support systems and assisted living environments for seniors.
Stefan Münzer will report about empirical studies on indoor navigation and wayfinding support with YAMAMOTO building models. The topics will include route visualization and route learning and learning survey knowledge by exploration of desktop virtual environment. Furthermore, an outlook on further research topics will be presented.
All registered participants of the tutorial will receive a free YAMAMOTO licence for research and non-commercial use, together with handouts of the shown slides.
Intended Audience
The tutorial is targeted to practitioners and researchers in the fields of:- Indoor navigation and wayfinding
- Learning with desktop virtual environments
- Designing and evaluating interactive assistive environments in desktop VE
- Architecture
Tutorial Format and Date
The tutorial will be held in the afternoon of August 15, 2010, in Mt. Hood, Portland, Oregon.
Exact time and location will be announced here soon.
Organizers
Christoph Stahl (Dept. of Computer Science, Saarland University, Germany)Stefan Münzer (Dept. of Education, Saarland University, Germany)
Primary Contact:
Christoph Stahl
FR 6.2 Informatik
Universität des Saarlandes
P.O. Box 151150
66041 Saarbrücken
Germany
Fon +49-681-302-3191
Fax +49-681-302-4136
stahl@cs.uni-sb.de
http://w5.cs.uni-sb.de/staff/show/stahl