ASIL: Art & Science Interaction Lab

The Art and Science Interaction Lab is a highly flexible and modular research facility to effectively bring, analyse and test experiences and interactions in virtual contexts as well as to conduct research on next-gen immersive technologies. It brings together the expertise and creativity of engineers, performers, designers and scientists creating solutions and experiences shaping the lives of people. The lab has been equipped with state-of-the-art visual, auditory and user-tracking equipment, fully synchronized and connected to a central backend. This synchronization allows for highly accurate multi-sensor measurements and analysis.

The lab itself is a room of 10m x 10m and spans the height of two floors (~6m).

General Infrastructure

High speed (10 Gbit) UGent-connected local data storage (Synology NAS) + offsite backup 

Integrated syncrhonisation for all capture modalities (Rosendahl nanosyncs HD + AIKA protocol)

Hyperscanning EEG (2x 64 channels ANT-neuro EEGO system)

ECG (Polar sensoren), SCR (skin conductance responses), breathing, balance-sensors, IMU’s (inertial measurement unit, X-IO IMU’s)

VR headsets (4x Occulus Quest 3, 4x HTC Vive Pro wireless, …)

AR Headsets (2x Microsoft Hololens 2, Apple Vision Pro)

3D object scanning (Matterport pro 2, 4 x Microsoft Azure Kinect)

Dual core calculation cluster (for high intensive realtime AI & realtime data processing; 2X AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core Processor, 128 GB RAM, 24GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 GPU)

ASIL lab

Acoustically treated room, studio-level reverb

Qualisys Motion Capture with 20 camera’s, up to 6-person simultanious full-body capture 

Barco projection (Barco F80-4K7, 4k resolutie, 7000 lumen); 7 x 5m Acoustically transparent screen

80 speaker audio systeem for spatial & immersive audio:

• 72 x Martin Audio CDD6
• 4x Martin Audio SXP118
• 4x Martin Auio SXP112
• 10x Powersoft Ottocanali Dante 4K4 amplifiers
• Barco IOSONO spatial audio processor

Audio Infrastructure

• Focusrite Rednet ADC/DACs
• Various recording & playback solutions
• Various instruments
• Wireless headphones & microphones

Flexible trussing system voor custom setups

Extensive & flexible connectivity – patch boxes, electricity, …

Adjustable DMX light infrastructure & controller