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At the National University of Singapore (NuS), Dr. Adrian Cheok leads the Mixed Reality Lab. His department has published the Digital Sand Table, which depicts a military plotting table.

A digital still from the Digital Sand Table, National University of Singapore (Cheok, n.d.). A digital still from the Digital Sand Table, National University of Singapore (Cheok, n.d.).

Digital stills from the Digital Sand Table, National University of Singapore (Cheok, n.d.).

In order to engage with the work, the user wears a see-through head-mounted display. The display layers a virtual environment over a physical world resulting in an augmented reality.

The user interaction of the Digital Sand Table centres on a paddle system. By utilising a spatula, elements in the virtual environment are inserted or manipulated.

Watch a video example of the Digital Sand Table by the National University of Singapore.