BUILD-IT: an intuitive simulation tool for multi-expert layout processes
Morten Fjeld, Federico Jourdan, Martin Bichsel, Matthias Rauterberg · Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) · 1998
BUILD-IT is a planning tool based on intuitive computer vision technology, supporting complex planning and configuration tasks.It allows a group of people, seated around a table, to move virtual objects with a real brick as interaction handler.With this tool, object manipulation and image display take place within the very same working area.Hence new aspects of interaction and direct response have been added to the computer-based planning process.Together with the image displayed on the table, a perspective view of the situation is projected on a vertical screen.This system offers all kinds of users access to state-of-the-art computing and visualisation, requiring little computer literacy.It offers a new way of interaction, facilitating team-based evaluation of alternative layouts.A connection to the simulation package SIMPLE++ has been realised.Hence, each alternative can be simulated and displayed using the visualisation capabilities of BUILD-IT.