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?
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Ongoing projects
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
Digital Twin Cities Centre
Cutting-edge research is conducted in eight different research areas, covering all aspects needed to develop large-scale digital twins.
Previous projects
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...
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