Every day, we move through space and time. To reach more distant destinations, we use navigation aids. But also in our immediate environment – for example while visiting a museum – we move purposefully along a path. A thesis can investigate spatial movement behaviour from different perspectives:

How can we observe spatial movement and gain a deeper understanding of human behaviour? Indoor, we may use depth cameras such as Kinect to collect information about people interacting with each other. Outdoor, we can complement GPS tracks with information on the viewing direction and information on your environment. Virtual environments can be used to systematically modify the environment w.r.t. visibility, spatiousness etc. to investigate its influence on the wayfinding behaviour.

A thesis may investigate the above questions from a technical perspective (e.g. building a system to collect relevant information), from a data perspective (e.g. how to interpret movement data collected by technology-supported observation) or from an experimental perspective (e.g. exploring wayfinding strategies and movement behaviour).