Sailin Zhong

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Oct 24
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New Publication at COSIT 2024: Exploring Perceived Feasibility and Use Cases of 3D Sketch Mapping

Can you sketch in 3D?

Within the 3D Sketch Maps project, our former colleague, Prof. Kevin Gonyop Kim, and the geoGAZElab team investigated the perceived feasibility of 3D sketching in VR with a particular focus on the sketch mapping purpose. We interviewed 27 people from 3 domains and discovered that 3D sketching can help represent 3D information more effectively and complement the 2D approach. The paper was presented at the COSIT 2024 conference in September in Quebec City, Canada, by Prof. Martin Raubal and received attention and various questions. The full paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.3.

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Apr 24
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3D Sketch Map research meeting in Münster

The 3D Sketch Map project team had a very productive research meeting in Münster, thanks to Prof. Jakub Krukar for the perfect organization in this wonderful city! In this project, we investigate 3D sketch maps from a theoretical, empirical, cognitive, as well as tool-related perspective, with a particular focus on Extended Reality (XR) technologies. Sketch mapping is an established research method in fields that study human spatial decision-making and information processing, such as navigation and wayfinding. Although space is naturally three-dimensional (3D), contemporary research has focused on assessing individuals’ spatial knowledge with two-dimensional (2D) sketches. For many domains though, such as aviation or the cognition of complex multilevel buildings, it is essential to study people’s 3D understanding of space, which is not possible with the current 2D methods. In the research meeting, we exchanged our latest research outputs and future plans.