Welcome to qScope’s documentation!

Q-Scope is a framework for interactive visualization using tangible objects on a physical table. It is used as a decision support tool for participation processes in energy transition research. The framework was developed by the Department of Resilient Energy Systems at the University of Bremen.

The code can be found on GitHub: quarree100/qScope_frontend. Some more context is provided at uni-bremen.de/res/methoden/decision-support-tools

Framework Installation

Version 3: Q-Scope Tangibles

Here shall be an image of the Q-Scope Tangibles setup, showing a touch table with some tangible objects on top and a TV monitor that serves as an infoscreen for metadata.

The third iteration of the Q-Scope makes use of the Tangible Objects that can be used on the Interactive Scape Touch Table.

Version 2: Q-Scope Touch

Version 1: Q-Scope Grid

Here shall be an image of the Q-Scope setup, showing the two tables with its grids of tangible objects on top, a TV monitor that serves as an infoscreen for metadata and a projector that casts the frontend for user interaction onto the tables. Inside of the tables there are two webcams to scan the grids' current setup at every instance.

Based on MIT’s CityScope platform, the first iteration of Q-Scope used a grid of acrylic plates users could interact with. According to the users input, the frontend was projected from above.