CoMap: Exploring Collective Spatial Cognition during a Search and Rescue with a Collaborative 3D Sketch Mapping Game
CoMap is a sub-project of 3D Sketch Maps, a project funded by SNSF, Sinergia. CoMap aims to advance Collaborative 3D Sketch Mapping for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in urban and wilderness environments. SAR is a life-saving scenario that requires collective spatial cognition between a command team and a field search team. Sketch mapping is a simple but effective method to externalize human spatial understanding and can be used for planning and decision-making in SAR. This study aims to investigate the communication behavior of paired participants when sketch mapping tools are introduced to a SAR game, which will inspire the design of novel collaborative 3D sketch mapping tools.
The study combines cutting-edge technologies, including:
- Augmented and Virtual Reality collaboration (AR, VR)
- Novel collaborative 3D sketch mapping tool
- Immersive, realistic disaster site simulation for multi-layer building
Experiment
We are looking for participants in a user study with AR/VR equipment for collaborative 3D sketch mapping. You can find the registration of the experiment here: Flyer For User Study
Or you can scan the QR code in the picture to register.
For more details about the experiment, please see the information and consent form for the Command team, and Field team.
Who can participate?
We have two roles in the game: Commander and Field team. For the commander, you need an adequate level of knowledge in one of the following fields: geoinformation, cartography, architecture, urban planning, search and rescue, or orienteering. For the Field team, you don’t need a specific background.
You can participate if you:
- Age: 18 – 59,
- Have a high level of English language proficiency to describe spatial information and orientation.
- have normal or corrected-to-normal hearing and vision (glasses are okay),
- have no serious neurological or cardiovascular disease,
- have never had a seizure, loss of consciousness, or any other symptom associated with an epileptic condition.
Researchers
- Prof. Dr. Martin Raubal (Principal Investigator)
- Dr. Peter Kiefer (Substitute ETH Project Lead)
- Dr. Sailin Zhong (Post-Doctoral researcher)
- Tianyi Xiao (Doctoral student)
Collaborators
- Miki Mizuki (Master student/Student assistant)
- Department of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University
- Associate Prof. Dr. Phoebe Toups Dugas
Funding
- This project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Sinergia)
Timeline
- Start Date: 15.09.2024
- End Date: 15.05.2025