Campus2030 Project Seeks New Researchers to Participate as Holograms
Scan the QR code and swipe with your phone until a hologram appears on your screen, for example, a researcher speaking or an autonomous vehicle passing by on the road just to the left. Currently, there are three such hologram stations on the KTH campus. Now, the Campus2030 project wants to develop the concept further.
“We hope that Campus2030 will not only boost the field of transport research at KTH but also support broader recruitment and increased engagement. We’re now adding more hologram stations while also expanding other aspects of the project,” says Nicole Kringos, Head of the Division of Highway and Railway Engineering at KTH and Director of the KTH Road2Science Center.
Developing the project includes offering the following:
Campus Treasure Hunt – All holograms will be connected, enabling an interactive treasure hunt across campus. This makes Campus2030 a potential activity for, for instance, school groups, where participants who complete the hunt can win a prize.
Dynamic Teaching Platform – Building an infrastructure that allows KTH teachers and researchers to easily upload new material, for example, following an exciting thesis project. The goal is for Campus2030 to become an integrated part of teaching and to grow organically over time.
Wider Application – Campus2030 is also collaborating with KTH Library, International Student Recruitment, and KTH Entré, all of which will have their own hologram stations. The aim is for Campus2030 to go beyond transport research and become a platform featuring content relevant to all of KTH. It will also include KTH’s other campuses.
“We want to take a broader approach — maybe there are researchers in architecture or water-related fields with a transport connection who’d like to join? Reach out to me!” says Nicole Kringos.
The sponsor for the transport holograms is the Centre for Transport Research Environment with Novel Perspectives, TRENoP.
Facts Campus2030
The purpose of the Campus2030 project is to build a digital twin of the KTH campus. The twin is now established, which makes it possible to place holograms at various physical locations.
The idea is to highlight what’s behind KTH’s brick walls and hidden in its labs. At the hologram stations, you can see things that are otherwise not visible. Currently, there are three stations featuring several transport researchers giving short presentations, as well as vehicles and road infrastructure with brief text descriptions. To see them, download the app “Campus 2030”.
