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What's Going Ön?: An Experiential Approach to Perspective Taking in Urban Planning through Virtual Reality

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Sam van der Horst,

Jeroen PeetersAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Article No.: 92, Pages 1 - 14

https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3446068

Published: 14 February 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Citizen participation in urban planning has become more important in the past decades. In recent years, the practice of co-creation has become a popular tool to structure this participatory process. Co-creation is a process that actively involves stakeholders in cooperatively sharing and developing opinions and perspectives towards an outcome that contributes to the overall development. In particular in large and slow processes such as urban planning, co-creation risks becoming abstract and difficult to engage with for stakeholders. This study investigates an experiential approach to participation in urban planning. By building on embodiment to engage participants physically and expressively, this study aims to elicit an understanding between different points of view. With the design of the “What's going Ön?” experience we explore how Virtual Reality (VR) can play a role in the participation of citizens in the urban planning process of the Ön island in Umeå, Sweden. We present the designed experience and the qualities that play a role in using VR as a tool for participation in Urban Planning.

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Index Terms

What's Going Ön?: An Experiential Approach to Perspective Taking in Urban Planning through Virtual Reality
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Mixed / augmented reality
      2. Virtual reality

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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