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The development of multilayered manipulative platforms that integrate digital and physical representations will have a significant impact on urban design and planning processes. Their usefulness will be in their ability to combine and update digital and tangible data in seamless ways to enhance the design process of the professional and the communication process with the public. The Luminous Planning Table (LPT) is one of the first prototypes to use a tangible computerized urban design and planning interface. This interface allows for a newform of information delivery that is direct and easily understood by professionals and laypersons. The use of this system is unique in the design and presentation process in which the activity of viewing physical models and the viewing of animation and computerized simulations are separate. This ability to engage and provide an integrated medium for information delivery and understanding is promising in its pedagogical, professional, and public engagement outcomes.
Ben‐Joseph et al. (Sat,) studied this question.