Design for Duck Technology (DfDT)

Technologies such as Augmented Reality, digital fabrication, sensors and Internet of Things enable unprecedented possibilities. As an open research and design collective, we are combining converging technologies to build exciting and playful demonstrators. We are regularly participating in Hackathons and other tech-events.

For HackZurich 2020 we presented a digital fabricated and technology enabled sculpture. The Duck is a 2-meter high, digitally augmented, wooden sculpture. The design of The Duck was generated using modern algorithms for digital design and fabrication, such as generative design scripts to generate nodes and struts. To build the wireframe, wooden slabs were used with laser-cutted nodes. An Augmented Reality interface was applied with the Microsoft Hololens 2 as guidance during the assembly process. The AR interface was also leveraged to control the individual LEDs stripes of the duck, allowing to generate new visual LED effects that can easily be controlled by a user.

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