TY - GEN
T1 - Interactive Digital Twins
T2 - 10th ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, SCF 2025
AU - Moisi, Alexandra
AU - Kenny, Joseph Clair
AU - Bucklin, Oliver
AU - Aejmelaeus-Lindström, Petrus
AU - Kango, Ananya
AU - Casas, Gonzalo
AU - Mitterberger, Daniela
AU - Gramazio, Fabio
AU - Kohler, Matthias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).
PY - 2025/11/19
Y1 - 2025/11/19
N2 - As digital technologies become increasingly embedded in design and construction processes, creating responsive, data-rich environments has great potential to advance architectural, engineering, and fabrication workflows. This paper presents a novel methodology that integrates motion capture-based object tracking with extended reality interfaces to create responsive digital twins in timber assembly workflows. We developed a software infrastructure for streaming, receiving, visualizing, and storing real-time spatial data, along with specialized hardware that enables the rapid attachment and removal of markers on timber construction elements. By establishing a direct feedback loop between the physical construction site and its virtual counterpart, our system allows real-time adjustments to element positioning, orientation, and sequencing. Applied to a complex timber project, our integrated approach reduced assembly time and errors while also paving the way for more adjustable and flexible workflows. The article details the system's implementation, case study insights, and strategies for scaling adaptive, data-driven architecture, engineering, and construction workflows.
AB - As digital technologies become increasingly embedded in design and construction processes, creating responsive, data-rich environments has great potential to advance architectural, engineering, and fabrication workflows. This paper presents a novel methodology that integrates motion capture-based object tracking with extended reality interfaces to create responsive digital twins in timber assembly workflows. We developed a software infrastructure for streaming, receiving, visualizing, and storing real-time spatial data, along with specialized hardware that enables the rapid attachment and removal of markers on timber construction elements. By establishing a direct feedback loop between the physical construction site and its virtual counterpart, our system allows real-time adjustments to element positioning, orientation, and sequencing. Applied to a complex timber project, our integrated approach reduced assembly time and errors while also paving the way for more adjustable and flexible workflows. The article details the system's implementation, case study insights, and strategies for scaling adaptive, data-driven architecture, engineering, and construction workflows.
KW - Digital Fabrication
KW - Digital Twins
KW - Extended Reality
KW - Real-Time Feedback
KW - Timber Assembly
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023683669
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023683669#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1145/3745778.3766661
DO - 10.1145/3745778.3766661
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105023683669
T3 - Proceedings: SCF 2025 - 10th ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication
BT - Proceedings
A2 - Popescu, Mariana
A2 - Jones, Ben
A2 - Carstensen, Josephine
A2 - Vouga, Etienne
A2 - Konakovic Lukovic, Mina
A2 - Spencer, Stephen N.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 20 November 2025 through 21 November 2025
ER -