In the July issue of Tramways and Urban Transit magazine, the SmartMMI project was presented to the professional audience. Under the title: SmartWindows into the Future, the project goals, their implementation and the results were presented. Read the complete article.
A glance is all it takes to find out about a museum, a place of interest or the next connection. The semi-transparent SmartWindow, which is being tested in a dual-system streetcar operated by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), shows all this and more. Those who want to take the information with them can interact with the screens on the train via a complementary app and transfer data to their own device. What sounded like science fiction a few years ago has become reality thanks to the SmartMMI (Smart Model- and context-based Mobility Information) research project led by Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA). Semi-transparent displays on board public transport vehicles have already been presented as prototypes for passenger information, but this project is a first in that the project partners were able to develop a visualization and interaction concept in a user-centric approach while simultaneously driving the data-centric services that feed it…