Exploring an innovative collaborative design space through mixed reality boundaries

Over the past decade, various "reality" concepts with supporting technologies emerged in computing area to take on the task of replacing or merging physical world with virtual world. The first part of this paper presents the existing taxonomies and distinctions of these "realities" and their potentials in design. The second part of the paper presents the theory of Mixed Reality boundaries by Benford, which as one of those "realities", is envisaged to construct innovative collaborative design spaces. The final part of the paper implements Mixed Reality boundaries theory into creating a real-time innovative collaborative design space between architects and interior designers.