PIEdeck is an experimental interactive installation created for playful activities with multiple participants. Developed by the research group Playful Interactive Environments (PIE), it consists of a laser-tracking system, a public display and mobile virtual reality headsets. PIEdeck serves as an experimental environment to explore novel game concepts and other forms of co-located interaction in a hybrid-reality context, combining real physical movement with virtual content in a large-scale setting. The PIEdeck prototype allows virtual reality (VR) participants to walk through an immersive, abstract audiovisual world and interact with the environment. Passers-by also leave their own mark on the virtual world, creating traces that are visible to VR users and on the public display.
Credits:
Playful Interactive Environments, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Team: Georgi Kostov, Andrea Aschauer, Philip Sonnleitner, Jürgen Hagler, Jeremiah Diephuis, Michael Lankes
