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Main areas in which we have high competence.

In our innovation projects that we do with external partners, we are not bound to only these as we have a large network with expert knowledge connected to other areas of visualization.

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
3D visualization of Gothenburg

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.

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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:

  • Dan Folkesson, Intraservice, Göteborgs Stad, chair
  • Tord Hermansson, Lindholmen Science Park AB
  • Eric Jeansson, Stadsbyggnadskontoret, Göteborgs Stad
  • Lars Bern, Business Region Göteborg
  • Casper Wickman, Volvo Cars
  • Monica Billger, Visualisering & Arkitektur, Chalmers
  • Björn Edlund, Universeum
  • Staffan Björk, Interaction design, Gothenburg University
  • Mats Bergh, Johanneberg Sience Park
  • Staffan Truvé, Recorded Future
  • Fredrik Mueller, Qualisys
  • Patric Ljung, Forskningsledare och föreståndare för C-research, Linköpings universitet 
  • Convener: Martin Högenberg, Visual Arena, 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.

Våra innovationsprojekt 

Sendsmart truck

Sendsmart

Sendsmart is a project that will create sustainable freight transport in an urban environment. The innovative and sustainable solutions will lead to a reduced impact on climate, noise levels and human...
Framtidens biograf

The Cinema of the Future

Pilot project together with Aftonstjärnan cinema, which examines how the possibilities of digitalisation can utilize and develop cinema culture.
Digital verkstad

The digital workshop

The Data Association's initiative for children and young people who want to explore digital creation and programming in a playful and experimental way.
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ToRSIM – Traffic Simulator

ToRSIM – Traffic Simulator is a preliminary study for the purpose of investigating the possibilities of establishing an arena for transport and traffic simulation at Visual Arena at Lindholmen Science...
Forest road

Triple F - visualisering

Projektet är ett samarbete mellan TripleF och Visual Arena för att ta fram exempel på hur visualiseringsverktyg kan ge stöd för att lösa Sveriges koldioxidproblem.
Workshop with Virtual Gothenburg Lab

Urban Co-Creation Lab

Urban Co-Creation Lab is a development project that creates a platform for collaboration between actors in community building and urban planning.
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UX Arena

The Gothenburg Region is a stronghold for User Experience. There are approximately one million UX-professionals in the world and many predict a continuous strong growth for the discipline. A linear...
Workshop with Virtual Gothenburg Lab

Virtual Gothenburg Lab

A new initiative called Virtual Gothenburg Lab will create a unique opportunity for the testing and development of work approaches, tools and methods for visual, digital and virtual work. Virtual...
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VR as an Empathy Machine: Designing for a Sustainable Lifestyle

Design and innovation journey with the goal of exploring user needs and consumption behaviors to develop a VR experience that would encourage young adults to lead sustainable lives.
XR / VR Visual Arena

XR Scandinavia

XR Scandinavia is a prestudy where Visual Arena and Agder XR examine the possibilities for an innovative and competitive ecosystem for Extended Reality (XR) technology in Scandinavia.

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