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bild från studio, kamera syns och personer på en ljussat scen med en färgglad bakgrund

Göteborgs digitala tvilling visas, en spelversion av Göteborg, blickar ut över husfasaderna och älven, en dramtatiska himmel visas i skyn.

Huvudområden som vi har hög kompetens inom.

I våra innovationsprojekt som vi gör med externa partners är vi inte bundna till endast dessa då vi har ett stort nätverk med expertkunskap kopplat till andra visualiseringsområden.

Informationsvisualisering över våra fokusområde,: informationsvisualisering, XR, digitala tvillingar, Metaverse och förändringsledning. Olika ikoner syns tillsammmans med text som symboliserar detta.

We contribute to the dissemination of research and benefit both companies and society. We offer a visualization environment and a meeting place where we gather, take advantage of and promote people's knowledge, new thinking and commitment. Examples of roles we can have and resources we can add to projects:

Run project initiatives
Project owner
Project manager
Work package manager
Visualization expertise
Visualization environment and technology
Communication and dissemination in Lindholmen Science Park's extensive network

Help and strengthen the work for a sustainable future

Visual Arena is a neutral platform that brings together actors from business, industry, universities and institutes, cities, regions, authorities for collaboration and projects that lead to new ways of visualizing to help and strengthen work for a sustainable future.

Visualization as a democratizing tool

Together with our partners, we capture needs and ideas that can lead to projects and in the long run to implementation in reality. It enables new, innovative visualization solutions that help businesses and individuals in everyday life, enrich our way of expression and become a democratizing tool.

Visualization

By visualization we mean a way of communicating, a tool that broadens our ability to describe and helps us to understand and experience. Visualization can bridge barriers, simplify and clarify, create the power of change, illustrate the thought and the measured, to name a few valuable qualities.

Organization

Founding partners are the City of Gothenburg, Chalmers, the University of Gothenburg, Region Västra Götaland and Lindholmen Science Park.

Steering committee

Visual Arena’s steering committee consists of representatives from partners and members (replaced every other year) and additional expert(s).

The steering committee consists of:

Peter Öhman, Lindholmen Science Park AB, Chairman
Eric Jeansson, City Planning Office, City of Gothenburg
Monica Billger, Visualization & Architecture, Chalmers
Staffan Björk, Interaction design, University of Gothenburg
Andreas Göthberg, Business Region Göteborg
Staffan Truvé, Recorded Future
Fredrik Mueller, Qualisys
Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University
Convener: Åsa Andblad, Lindholmen Science Park

Partnership

We want to broaden the partnership in Visual Arena and bring in actors from all over the country and strengthen our international alliances, so that we can create activities and projects that engage and affect more people.

Visual Arena is run as a program at Lindholmen Science Park and is funded by the City of Gothenburg and the Västra Götaland region, as well as Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg.

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Våra innovationsprojekt

Digital twin for circular food systems

The goal of this project is to address the challenges arising from the transition to circular food systems combined with adapting to digital information structures and resources. By combining these...

Norm-critical visualisation – preliminary study

Research shows that stereotypical images of people are often used in visualisations of future urban environments. A new collaborative project is planned in an effort to study and change that.

Bild på blommor på fält. Fotot är taget med kort skräpedjupt så att att de blommor som är närmast är det fokus på och bakgrunden är suddig.

Sustainable home development via increased MIK

In the project, an educational model for intergenerational film production about the future of local natural and cultural heritage in Västra Götaland and Europe is created.

Architectural Visualization Day

Architectural Visualization Day is an annual meeting place for architectural visualizers, 3D graphic designers and others with interest in the visual realism, artistic creations and visualization...

Climate neutral Gothenburg 2030

In order to meet major societal challenges such as climate change, the pace of conversion and cities' ability to develop solutions for tomorrow's problems needs to increase. There are no technical...

Digital 1600-talsstad, visualiserad ovanifrån

Digital city model 17th century

A collaborative project where you will develop a virtual model of Gothenburg from the 17th century. The purpose is to give a picture of what Gothenburg looked like in terms of urban development when...

Digital Twin Cities Centre

Cutting-edge research is conducted in eight different research areas, covering all aspects needed to develop large-scale digital twins.

Expanded rephotography

The research project is based on the premise that we need new ideas about the complex effect of global warming and climate change as a result. Artistic research can expand the tools that science has...

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Experience to Insights Lab

The Experience to Insights Lab is our venture where, through students, we carry out design and innovation sprints to meet complex challenges. Are you a student or employee at a university and are you...

Fewer stereotypes when the cities of the future are visualised

Research shows that stereotypical images of people are often used in visualisations of future urban environments. A new collaborative project is planned in an effort to study and change that. With use...

Framework for unique test bed

Together with the city of Gothenburg, Visual Arena is preparing to develop a unique test bed linked to the city’s digital information, with the goal of identifying needs, making data and technology...

Go:innovation fas 3

Go: innovation phase 3 is a Vinnova-funded project that runs until 2023. In the third phase of the innovation platform's development, there is a continued focus on the development of culture and...

Go:smart

The projekt Go:smart developed and tested an innovative travel broker service that facilitated and rewarded sustainable travelling in urban areas. The budget was 20 million SEK over two years, with 10...

svartvitt foto. Forskare med flygplansvinge i ett platt vitt landskap.

Methods for digital diagnosis of endangered cultural heritage

The impact of climate change on cultural environments and monuments that are difficult to access is a challenge for cultural environment conservation. The project investigates how experts in different...

Monki R&D

The project developed concepts in the borderland between the digital and analogue in collaboration with the clothing chain Monki and their customers.

Narrative VR Lab

Narrative VR Lab is an innovative development project at Visual Arena in which we explore the narrative possibilities of XR (the umbrella term for VR, AR, MR and other media) and test new ways of...

Narrative VR Lab 1

Narrative VR Lab has now decided which projects it will support to create a pilot, and these are Medusa by Sara Tirelli and The Trojan by Meira Ahmemulic.

Narrative VR Lab 2

Three admitted pilots for the Narrative VR Lab project.

Narrative VR Lab 3

Ansökningsprocessen klar: Tre starka berättelser till Narrative VR Lab.

Narrative XR Lab

Narrative XR Lab is a creative lab at Visual Arena, where artistic storytelling in Extended Reality (XR) is developed and explored. Here, graphic designers, screenwriters, game developers, project...

Norm-creative visualization in urban development

A preliminary study, “Norm-creative visualization in urban development,” was conducted in 2015-2016. Now you can take part in the handbook and the guide produced in the project.

En väldigt dramatisk scenföreställning med teaterskådespelare som är utklädda till gladiatorer brottas bland rök

Operaverse

What is the digital performing arts of the future, and what might it look like? We find out in the preliminary study with the working name Operaverse.

REATE Comprehensive REAlistic Transportation system Emulation

This feasibility study will develop requirements and applications for an open simulation platform, a current situation analysis of existing tools and initiatives and establish a consortium.

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XR with Bombina Bombast

Bombina Bombast is an award-winning performing arts company that has created a unique profile and...

Personer i studio, rött ljus faller över de mörka silluetterna

Insights and idea presentations about storytelling in XR

Narrative XR Lab is a creative lab at Visual Arena, where artistic storytelling in Extended Reality...

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Huvudområden som vi har hög kompetens inom.

I våra innovationsprojekt som vi gör med externa partners är vi inte bundna till endast dessa då vi har ett stort nätverk med expertkunskap kopplat till andra visualiseringsområden.