Lee KentLee Kent MEng

Lee is a Postgraduate Researcher in his 2nd Year of a PhD. His areas of interest include mixed reality, game engine technologies and democratising design.

After graduating from the University of Reading with a Bachelors in Electronic Engineering in 2016, completing an IET accredited two-year graduate scheme in industry, and spending a year as part of a Virtual Reality Research and Development team, he started an Engineering Design PhD with the Design Manufacturing Futures Lab.

Projects

City Blocks – Using play to democratise urban planning. The tool can be extended to any spatial planning activity.

Augmented Prototyping – Utilising new mixed reality technologies to enhance the design process.

Blog Posts

Game Engines for Research

Over the summer, we employed some of our undergraduate engineering students to help out with...

City Blocks at Build: London

City Blocks was delighted to be invited to Build London, hosted jointly by Royal Institute of...

City Blocks at AVR19

City Blocks is back on the road, this time stopping at AVR Salento, Italy. A study into engaging...

City Blocks at IEEEVR 2019

During the successful pilot of City Blocks at Bristol Housing Festival, 149 unique cities were...