Data visualization

SAGis 3D

SAGis 3D is a software with which geodata can be converted into 3D models of entire villages and city districts in a highly automated manner. The special feature: Since databases and online sources can be connected directly and without prior preparation, SAGis 3D can seamlessly be integrated into existing systems and workflows.

Idea

Using data treasures

Many municipalities and planning offices in Germany have databases with extensive information about roads, buildings, pipe networks, plantings, etc.. SAGis 3D makes this data - that is way more accurate and topical than OpenStreetMap and Co. - usable for planning and management tasks that require more than just 2D maps.

Challenge

Complexity and limited resources

A wide variety of data sources, extensive automation, conversion, processing and supplementation functions, the requirement to be able to run on office hardware and to be usable without expert knowledge... - a lot had to be considered during the development of SAGis 3D.

Result

From zero to 3D with just 10 minutes of effort

Due to the simple, streamlined interface, it only takes minutes to configure the conversion process from data to 3D models within SAGis 3D. The conversion process itself then takes place in a similarly short time - thanks to fully asynchronous programming. And if the connected data sources should later have any changes, then these can simply be adopted in real time.

UX concept

Film park app

As part of the rebranding of a German film park, consideration was given to developing a dedicated app for the park. The goal was to digitally provide the information available in the park and to add new functions and gamification.

Approach

Analyses, user stories, wireframes and more

At the beginning of the project, there was initially a long phase in which the aim was to sound out the possibilities and priorities of the app. What functions should the app offer, where would it differ from the park's website, what approaches were other film and theme parks taking?

Challenge

Focus on added values

The challenge of the concept was that not only information should be displayed, but also new content should be created involving the park's attractions. Therefore, various games, augmented reality features and audio guides had to be co-developed from the start and integrated into the rest of the app.

Result

A complete click prototype

At the end of the conception process, there was a complete click prototype that depicted all the possibilities and functions of the app. In addition, there was detailed documentation of possible approaches for a technical realization. - However, since the park's focus is initially on its own website, the concept has not yet been implemented.

Virtual reality

House of Change

The so-called "House of Change" is an explanatory model for change processes. The individual steps of such a process - contentment, denial, confusion and renewal - are visualized as individual rooms in a house that have to be passed through one after the other. The goal of the VR project "House of Change" was to make these rooms "walkable" and thus make the explanatory model itself tangible.

Challenge

Capturing moods and feelings

The House of Change model assigns a theme and certain emotions to each room - but beyond that, there is no information about how the rooms are designed. Therefore, the first step was to find a design for each room that would evoke the appropriate emotions in VR users. In the end - briefly summarized - the following approaches:

• Room of comfort: Bright, protected living room environment with relaxing music and few visual distractions
• Room of denial: dark environment full of shadows that visually translates the expression "a cog in the wheel" and creates uncertainty and anxiety through light and sound effects
• Room of confusion: Chaotic environment that is constantly in motion and in which neither shapes nor colors nor sounds follow a predefined pattern
• Room of renewal: calm, open environment that VR users can influence and shape themselves

Result

The result: A trade fair-ready VR application

The finished VR application was successfully used at several trade fairs and acted primarily as an icebreaker to stimulate conversations about the topic. Since the application did not require any powerful hardware and also did not need a controller, the hurdles for the curious were particularly low (control of the application and movement in the house was purely by the direction of the active user's gaze).