Garnet Hertz has been hanging out with us in the LUCI lab for the last quarter or so while he finishes up his Ph.D. He is continuing his research and has put up a web page with the concept that he is currently developing. For the sake of letting everyone know what everyone else is doing in LUCI, here is a little summary of the project:

This project is motivated by the following concepts:

1. Un-Simulation of Driving - This project un-simulates the driving component of a videogame. Driving game simulations strive to be increasingly realistic, but this realism is usually focused on graphical representations. Instead, this system pursues "real" driving through a videogame as its primary goal.

2. GPS Navigation Parallax & Mixed Reality - Driving with a GPS navigation system can be game-like. This project explores the consequences of only using GPS map data as a navigation tool for driving. The windshield of this project's vehicle only shows GPS data, and as a result, driving it in the real world is often difficult or dangerous. As a result, this project explores and investigates how GPS data differs from the physical world, and what happens when an augmentation of reality envelops and obfuscates reality.