Client: Human Condition Safety
Date: Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Duration: 34 man-days
A virtual reality prototype for a forklift safety simulator in which people are able to drive a forklift while learning (and failing) in a safe way. The virtual forklift is controlled with foot pedals and the HTC Vive controllers. Camera inertia physics were implemented to increase realism and reduce motion sickness. Triggers and consequences in the project are built in a modular way, so it’s easy to new training environments.
Client: VU.City
Date: Feb - Dec 2016
Duration: 29 man-days
A series of technical proofs of concept for VU.City, an application which offers a ‘digital twin’ that city planners can use, e.g. to look at the direct impact of a new addition to an existing city. This included a building shape modeling tool, a camera placement tool, a coordinate conversion system, and a 3D distance measuring tool.
Client: Yale University - Department of Mathematics
Date: September 2016
Duration: 35 man-days
This prototype, based on an idea of our client, is designed for use in a class setting and reinforces basic knowledge of math functions for incoming undergraduate students at Yale. In an artillery-style game, two people battle each other using function graphs. First, both players place traps on a grid. Second, they take turns to combine playing cards and form a function. Then they unleash it to destroy the other player’s traps.
Client: Second University of Naples
Date: Aug - Sept 2016
Duration: 12 man-days
This web-based research prototype was collaboratively developed for the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design at the Second University of Naples. In the prototype, users explore a simulation of the Piazza Vittoria in Naples, Italy. Each user experienced one of four different traffic and street design scenarios, by completing a number of tasks. At the end of each task, users were presented with a survey screen, gauging for their perception of the soundscape in various locations of the Piazza. PreviewLabs’s work primarily focused on the user interface, data logging, and database setup.
Client: VU.City
Date: Aug - Sept 2016
Duration: 10 man-days
Technical prototype allowing users to draw arbitrary polygons and extrude them to the chosen height. Used to represent buildings in our client’s urban planning software, allowing to evaluate spatial organization.
Client: Quinnipiac University's Irish Great Hunger Museum
Date: Jan - July 2016
Duration: 13 man-days
This game prototype about the hardships of the Irish Great Hunger resulted from a brainstorm session organized by PreviewLabs, and was developed collaboratively with Quinnipiac University students. In the game, the player takes turns feeding a child living in 1845 and their present-day descendant. Both characters are dealt cards with food items and cures that were present during the famine.
Date: Dec 2015 - Jun 2016
Duration: 30 man-days
A fun rhythm-based game as a replacement for conventional mirror therapy, for rehabilitation of fine hand motor skills. In Shapes and Rhythm, the players have to position their hands so they fit certain hand posture shapes, without hitting the edges. By using Virtual Reality in combination with the Leap Motion sensor, players are tricked to believe that their disabled hand is performing the right motions, speeding up the recovery process. The prototype includes in-game data collection, for a pilot study at Ghent University.
Client: Kraken Realtime
Date: Jan - Feb 2016
Duration: 14 man-days
This prototype demonstrated the possibility of using a mobile device to add a 3D object to a picture taken with a phone or tablet, matching the perspective of the picture. The technology developed in the prototype was used for a product configurator for awnings by Winsol – a Belgian company which manufactures products including awnings, windows, and garage doors.
Client: Curiious
Date: Jan - Feb 2016
Duration: 21 man-days
Three iterations of a technical proof of concept where we created a system to allow artists to set up navigation in a virtual reality environment, and to display 360 videos. Both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive were supported.
Client: Yale School of Medecine
Date: Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Duration: 50 man-days
Brainstorming and prototyping for a dialog-based game concept used to empower teens and help them reduce risks related to sex. By playing through party conversations, bedroom scenes, and doctor conversations, players gain SeXP and become more knowledgeable about risk prevention, while unlocking new possibilities within the dialogs. The prototype content, including a variable system and conditional dialog trees was fully modifiable through the use of CSV files.
Client: Keep Vision
Date: October 2015 - March 2017
Duration: 83 man-days
Data City helps you retrieve files faster by visualizing complex directory structures as circular tree structures, or dendrograms. You can tag items, move them, and change their appearance. Using the HTC Vive, you can explore a dendrogram in VR, and walk around amidst your files.
Date: October - December 2015
Duration: 15 man-days
Rhythm-based game replacing conventional mirror therapy, speeding up the rehabilitation of fine hand motor skills in stroke patients. In Machinist, the player sits behind the control panel of toy factory and operates various controls using hand gestures. By using Virtual Reality in combination with the Leap Motion sensor, players are tricked to believe that their disabled hand is performing the right motions, which speeds up the recovery process.
Date: September - October 2015
Duration: 15 man-days
Loosely inspired by Dance Central, this workout game prototype using the Microsoft Kinect lets the players mimic a character shown on screen. The prototype implements interval training by varying the intensity, based on readings from the Mio Alpha wrist-worn heart rate monitor. The goal is to get children moving.
Date: July - December 2015
Duration: 23 man-days
Two iterations on a prototype using Microsoft Kinect to allow you to move your body to guide a robot through an obstacle course. It brings a dynamically adjusted workout program based on heart rate readings from the Mio Alpha fitness watch. The aim is to provide a fun game experience for children, without giving them the impression that they’re following a workout program.
Client: Yale University
Date: September 2012 - November 2014
MoMba is a research prototype, designed to investigate how a social network app with gamification features can help connecting mothers in the city of New Haven. The ultimate goal of this project is to combat depression among first-time, low-income mothers.
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