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Technical notes, methods, workflows, and reflections developed through real-world immersive installations, responsive environments, and spatial interaction research.

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Knowledge Articles

Technical systems, design principles, research methods, and reflections developed across CSWORKS projects.

K01

Technical

Sep 29, 2026

12 min read

Modular Sensor Server Architecture

Separating sensing, spatial processing, communication, and real-time media into reusable system layers.

A modular architecture for interactive environments that separates sensor acquisition and spatial processing from real-time media systems. The approach allows LiDAR, depth cameras, Raspberry Pi edge nodes, OSC, TouchDesigner, Unity, and other components to evolve independently while maintaining a reusable interaction pipeline across installations and research environments.

Responsive EnvironmentsSpatial InteractionInteractive SystemsSensor SystemsEdge ComputingResearch Infrastructure

K02

Design

Sep 29, 2026

Scene-Based Interaction

Structuring responsive environments as spatial states and scenes that translate human activity into coherent media behaviour.

A scene-based interaction model for responsive environments that separates sensing from experience behaviour. Spatial observations such as presence, position, area activation, and interaction events are interpreted as states that control scenes, transitions, media layers, and system responses. The approach supports clearer interaction logic, reusable experience structures, and more manageable multi-zone installations.

Responsive EnvironmentsSpatial InteractionInteractive SystemsExperience DesignCreative Computing

K03

Technical

Sep 29, 2026

Raw Sensor Data to Interaction Data

Transforming continuous LiDAR and depth-sensing measurements into stable spatial observations, interaction states, and research-ready data.

A technical framework for transforming raw spatial sensor measurements into meaningful interaction data for responsive environments. The pipeline separates acquisition, filtering, coordinate transformation, spatial fusion, tracking, area detection, event generation, and research logging so that LiDAR and depth-camera systems can provide reusable spatial observations to real-time experience applications.

Spatial InteractionResponsive EnvironmentsInteractive SystemsSensor SystemsResearch Infrastructure

K04

Methodology

Sep 29, 2026

Spatial Interaction Logging & Session Architecture

Structuring session identity, trajectories, interaction events, dwell time, and synchronized logs for research-ready responsive environments.

A research-oriented logging architecture for responsive environments that organizes continuous spatial tracking, discrete interaction events, experience states, and system observations around a shared session identity. The approach supports trajectory reconstruction, dwell-time analysis, interaction counts, heatmaps, and cross-system synchronization while keeping research instrumentation separate from real-time experience logic.

Spatial InteractionResponsive EnvironmentsResearch MethodsInteractive SystemsResearch InfrastructureHuman-Computer Interaction

K05

Design

Sep 29, 2026

Personalized Spatial Experience Architecture

Designing responsive environments that adapt content, interaction, and spatial behaviour from contextual or participant-specific input without coupling identity directly to experience logic.

A design and system framework for personalized responsive environments in which participant or contextual input is transformed into an abstract experience profile before controlling content, interaction, and spatial behaviour. The architecture separates identification, personalization, experience state, and media response so that installations can provide differentiated experiences without requiring the runtime to depend directly on personal identity.

Spatial InteractionResponsive EnvironmentsExperience DesignInteractive SystemsHuman-Computer InteractionAdaptive Environments

K06

Technical

Sep 29, 2026

Multi-Sensor Spatial Fusion & Coordinate Calibration

Transforming observations from multiple spatial sensors into a shared room coordinate system for robust tracking, interaction detection, and research logging.

A technical framework for calibrating and combining spatial observations from multiple LiDAR and depth sensors within responsive environments. The architecture transforms sensor-local measurements into a shared room coordinate system, manages overlapping observations and occlusion, and produces stable fused spatial estimates for interaction logic and research logging.

Spatial InteractionResponsive EnvironmentsSensor SystemsInteractive SystemsResearch InfrastructureSpatial Computing