JUNE 2024 INTERDEV PIM: Developing a Mediation System to Introduce the General Public to the Brest Roadstead through 4 Periods: from Past to Future (ImmerseaRADE project)

In June 2024, as part of the InterDEV PIM, a group of Master’s students from UBO, UBS, ENSTA Bretagne and IMT Atlantique designed and developed projects aimed at finding solutions to the sustainable development issues faced by local stakeholders.

Participants were based on the island of Ushant for 5 days and took part in various divergence (coming up with ideas) and convergence (making choices and organising ideas) workshops using the Design Thinking method, to explore issues and develop and prototype relevant and innovative solutions.

6 students worked all week on the ImmerseaRADE project, a Virtual Reality mediation system developed by ISblue, enabling the general public to immerse themselves in Brest’s roadstead at different times to discover the results of research into oceanography, geomorphology, archaeology, biology, etc. During this week they:

• Develop a bibliography to source research on different eras
• Choose the relevant periods for the immersive experience (4 periods chosen: – 20000, -8000 BC, -2000 BC, +5000 AD)
• Identify the points of interest to be explored in the device
• Create visit scenarios for the system
• Prepare the public welcome and interaction procedures

The project was presented by the students themselves at the Fêtes maritimes from 12 to 17 July 2024 in Brest.

Supervisors:

• Grégory Charrier – LEMAR / UBO
• Riwalenn Ruault – ISblue / UBO
• Maxime Kernec – ISblue / UBO