inSIGHT

Abstract: inSIGHT began as an exploration of the future relationsip between virtual world and physical archiecture. It ended up being a proposal of an augmented reality platfrom for digital manipulation of physical transparency. Augmented reality (AR) is a fairly recent development in technology and not everyone is very well aquainted with it. Therefore research of the evolution of parralel realities as well as AR hardware is an important part of the project and its foundation. From the research, an idea of digitally manipulating physical visibility with the help of augmented reality emerged. Still, visibility is a broad term and could cover a lot of spatial definitions and variations. A number of them are being explored. Eventually, transparency is chosen as a focal inSIGHT transformation and is further explored and simulated. inSIGHT has the potential of being revolutionary because of its adaptability (space that is visible can be adjusted and changed instantly), personalization (visible space can be easily adjusted according to each user's needs) and multi-functionality (several users can be in the same physical space, yet see the space they choose to). The digital platform does not aim to replace physical world and would be unable to if it tried. It rather suggests new ways of interacting with the built environment with the help of the digital world.