Entwicklung einer neuen Schnittstelle für Mensch-Maschinen-Interaktion im Kontext raumbezogener partizipativer Prozesse / Development of a New Interface for Human-machine Interaction in the Context of Spatial Participatory Processes

Digital maps and information technologies have become central elements in participatory planning and learning processes. However, the input devices available for this purpose cannot be used equally by all participants in such processes and can impede dynamic group processes. A new technology for human-machine interaction has been developed and tested for participatory workshops on the development of regional expansion targets for renewable energy. By means of object recognition by evaluating a real-time video stream, simple physical game tokens can be used to develop regional renewable energy futures on an interactive GIS-based game board. The technology has been tested in workshops and can be applied to many spatial participatory planning and learning processes by using free data and open source software.