Tymerama enables people to see surrounding scenes from
the past, present and future at once, by syncronizing their viewing angles
on a tablet screen and that of the viewer in the physical environment.
The past scene shows the panoramic photo recording, the future scene displays
the computer graphics visualization of future design, and the present scene
can superimposes what's behind the wallsurface to the live view at the location.
The project aims to help facility manager, archaeologist, tourist, architect,
and urban designer understand spatial and temporal transformations on site.
Research team
Prof. Takehiko Nagakura (PI)
Woon Ki Sung (PhD student, MIT)
Joshua Choi (MArch student, MIT)
Development December 2012 - 2015
Data collection: MIT Building 7 remodeling site
(former Rotch Visual Collection space)
Video Production producer: T. Nagakura
Recording Date: February 1, 2013
Format: .mp4 (9Mb, 1 min. 25 sec.)
Panorama scenes
Viewing panoramic images: Press in the image with left mouse for orbit, and use
mouse schroll wheel (middle button) for zoom in/out.
You can use the icons below the images for rotating and zooming all four panoramas
at the same time.
February 2013: Pre-construction state (390kb)
March 2013: Space under construction (210kb)
September 2013: Completed space (420kb)
January 2013: Predictive visualization (190kb)
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