A.N.D.I. - A New Digital Instrument: For networked creative collaboration in architecture and Net.art

Abstract

A.N.D.I. (A New Digital Instrument), an open source software project, has objective to develop a run-time environment with the focus on the applications for the networked international and cross-disciplinary production in the creative sphere of architecture, urban planning, design and net.art. It is a digital environment which opens up possibilities to generate advanced projects in a networked society. This new working tool will increase the creativity, productivity and competitiveness of the involved actors by drawing upon and developing technologies for virtual, augmented and mixed realities. A.N.D.I. has two basic aspects. On the one hand it is a database-driven collaborative environment and on the other hand it will enable the development of future software and tools for networked creative collaboration.