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HOTO Spaces

What if professionals in the Construction and real estate industry could easily take measurements, notes, and create 3D walk throughs in moments instead of hours? 


HOTO Spaces is your all in one solution combining laser measuring with 3D computation and note taking.

Skills

Sketching, rapid and HiFi

prototyping, Rhino 7 NURBS

surface modeling, Adobe

KeyShot, market gap analysis.

Professor

Hale Selek

Timeline

10 Weeks

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How might we make the jobs of architects, contractors, and real estate agents easier?

Affordable, effortless spacial computation

HOTO Spaces is a compact spatial recording and computation device designed specifically for architects, realtors, and contractors. Its simple form factor and ergonomic design make it an easy and constant companion, expanding the realms of possibilities for spatialnote-taking, retrospective

measurements, and documentation. HOTO Spaces employs a single multifunction touchpad to effortlessly navigate the user interface, eliminating the need for intricate keypads and unidirectional arrows commonly found in geotech products on the market today.

Market Research

Survey of current market offerings, component research, market gap analysis, and user personas

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By analyzing the market of spacial computation de-vices, there was an obvious gap in the current pro-cut offerings. As of February 2025, there was no technical device on the market that allowed users to interact with the data they captured in real time as they captured it. This is what HOTO Spaces aims to do.

​HOTO Spaces is designed to allow users to record spacial information and real time notes directly into the same data set.

Target market

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  • Balance ease of use with accuracy.

  • Real time spacial processing.

  • Spacial note taking.

  • Durable - No moving parts.

  • Compact form factor.

  • Ergonomic design

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Moodboards

Images of inspiration to guide form development.

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Sketching

Form development and ideation of ergonomics.

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Three Concepts

Three concepts were chosen to be marker rendered in high detail.

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Ergonomics Development

Versa Scan was chosen to guide the CAD development of ergonomic testing models.

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Final Appearance Model

After ergonomic development, a high fidelity 3d printed and painted prototype was made.

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Renderings 

Rendered in KeyShot using a custom built scene and textures.

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