Projects
Visual Arena works actively to initiate and enable projects by working with academia, business, the public sector and citizens to develop new solutions and spread knowledge about how visualization can be used in existing and new areas.
Do you have an idea, challenge or need where visualization could be included? Are you interested in discussing the possibilities of being able to apply for funding and start a project? Do you have questions about ongoing projects?
Get in touch with:
Martin Högenberg
Monica Ek
Carl-Fredrik Hansson
Ongoing projects
XR Sweden - The realities collective
In XR Sweden we explore the creation of a national XR ecosystem in Sweden. The project, led by Visual Arena and Epicenter, aims to validate the potential of "XR Sweden" by building on Sweden's...
AI Agents Bring Digital Twins to Life
The essence of a city lies in its people. With the help of AI agents trained on human behaviors, we are now able to create more comprehensive digital twins of cities. But what added value does it...
Visual Arena – a meeting place for immersive experiences in Gothenburg
We at Visual Arena see a unique opportunity to create an exploratory space where technical and creative innovation meet to strengthen Gothenburg's urban environment and culture. As a place for...
Dream
The Dream project is an initiative aimed at redefining performing arts through innovative methods and exploratory practices. The project is part of Visual Arena's Residency for Innovators in Art (RIA)...
Theaters as Teaching Environments
An arts-based educational action research project, supported by the University of Lapland and part of Visual Arena's Residency for Innovators in Art. The project is led by Salti Theodora, a doctoral...
Driving Inclusive Urban Development across Europe
The Citiverses Uniting for Inclusiveness project (CU Project) - We are gathering European leading smart cities, companies and universities in a vision for an inclusive, accessible digital twin...
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...
GULD: Visualization to Teach Middle School Students About Biodiversity
GULD is an education and innovation project aimed at developing and exploring new ways to teach middle school students about biodiversity through visualization techniques. Based on extensive research...
The food duty
Projektet Matsystemet - plikten framför allt att jobba fram en framtidsprototyp på ett nytt matsystem som är hållbart, cirkulärt och närproducerat. Genom att använda spekulativ design kommer en...
Virtual Gothenburg Lab
Through Virtual Gothenburg Lab, we make Gothenburg city’s digital twin available to those who wish to co-create the city of the future.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Digital Twin Cities Centre
Cutting-edge research is conducted in eight different research areas, covering all aspects needed to develop large-scale digital twins.
Let's make visualization a tool for everyone
You can participate in various ways, such as involvement in focus areas, strategy advice, project applications, project participation, making technology available, events and knowledge dissemination.
Previous projects
First the Air is Blue: immersive technology, music and visual storytelling
As part of the Visual Arena Residency for Innovators in Art, Alicia Lazaro Arteaga and Akshay Sarode embarked on a exploration of immersive technology, music, and visual storytelling. Through four...
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.
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.
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.
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...
The Cinema of the Future
Pilot project together with Aftonstjärnan cinema, which examines how the possibilities of digitalisation can utilize and develop cinema culture.
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.
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 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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
