The Market Hall is situated in the roofed area in front of the Metaforum on the TU/e campus. This area acts as a main transition hub for staff and students, and houses many smaller and larger activities (e.g. MomenTUm, Christmas market, Hajraa festival). The infrastructure was realized in two phases in 2012 (v1) and 2015 (v2, and both systems co-exist to date:
The 2012 infrastructure:
- Adaptable warm and cool ceiling luminaires with RENA Leonardo LED modules covering 62.5 by 75 m in a 20 by 24 grid. This lighting installation is part of the permanent building infrastructure. Controlled by an Artnet DMX controller
The 2015 infrastructure:
- 32 Philips CK Powercore RGB LED and 32 Philips CK Powercore iWhite LED spots arranged in an 4 x 8 grid covering 12.5 by 25 m. Controlled by a Pharos DMX controller
- 3 Axis P1357-E network cameras pointing down wards equipped with wide angle Theia lenses to deliver a wide view with minimal distortion
- 12 Microsoft Xbox 360 kinects arranged in a 3 x 4 matrix using innovative algorithms for pedestrian tracking developed by the Crowd Flow group at TU/e
- Sensors Federico…???
- Dedicated NAS for data storage
- Dual platform software architecture: A core platform designed around the open source OpenRemote software, and an experimental platform for user-written control software.
The Market Hall Living Lab infrastructure is gradually upgraded to grow with the needs of the researchers