Again this year, ThéMA was present at the "Fête de la science" from 9 to 12 October 2025, alongside about 30 other laboratories as well as museums' and associations' representatives. During this edition, at the booth of the ThéMA laboratory, people could discover the SandBox and the serious game CityPlanner.
The SandBox is a geospatial technology modelling fields in augmented reality. It consists of a machine connected to a computer, which carves a landscape in a sand box before numerising the topography of the obtained field. The ThéMA SandBox was developed by Damien Roy. During the demonstration, visiters could observe the 2D topographic modelling in real-time, thanks to an interactive display.
CityPlanner is a serious game developed by members of ThéMA and of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), in partnership with the Compagnie des rêves urbains. The players of this board game discover the chief principles of land planning by planning collaboratively the development of a small town while making sure they respect sustainable planning rules.
