The Data Visualisation Space (Davis) will once again be available to students and lecturers from all faculties of TU Wien in the summer semester of 2026. The centrally located experimental learning and teaching infrastructure for 3D and 2D visualisation on the ground floor of TU Wien Bibliothek offers two complementary video walls for different teaching scenarios. The stereo-capable 4.6 x 2.6 m 4K 3D LED wall with optical tracking enables the immersive visualisation of construction and architectural models, 3D scans and other spatial data sets, as well as more abstract 3D structures for up to 20 people. To make it as easy as possible to create interactive content, continuously updated templates and workflows for different software platforms are provided. In addition, it is possible to use individually preferred Windows-based software applications provided they are compatible. A driver developed specifically for Davis has significantly expanded the range of compatible software, which now includes many applications that were originally intended for exclusive use with head-mounted displays. 

The course “040.007 Data Literacy: 3D Visualisation in Virtual Reality, opens an external URL in a new window” offered by TU Wien Bibliothek in the summer semester 2026 is expressly aimed at students from all faculties and enables them to implement individual project ideas on the one hand and, on the other hand, to acquire skills for the independent use of the Davis 3D Wall, which can be booked by the hour for project work and final theses. The Davis team supports students with their individual projects, and offers teaching staff support in designing and holding their own teaching formats, for which the 3D Wall can also be booked for single and recurring slots. 

Complementing the 3D wall, the 4.1 x 1.2 m LCD touch wall in Davis provides a platform for implementing interactive, touch-operated dashboards and other forms of quantitative data visualisation. The signage software “Intuiface” used here enables the low-threshold creation of dynamic presentations for multiple simultaneous users and also offers the possibility of integrating almost any type of web content, including interactive content. The touch wall can also be used with your own touch-enabled Windows applications, allowing you to experiment with modern data-driven information transfer concepts within courses and individual projects. Particularly for final presentations in architecture and civil engineering, the touch wall can be used to display detailed information alongside VR content presented on the 3D wall.