Road Marking 2.0 is a perceptual information system designed to stabilize
how visual signals remain legible under extreme viewing conditions.
how visual signals remain legible under extreme viewing conditions.
In the absence of a clear design standard for low-angle legibility, conventional road markings have often been shaped by installer experience, subjective judgment,
and construction convenience rather than perceptual calibration.
and construction convenience rather than perceptual calibration.
The system introduces a method for actively compensating perspectival distortion
at acute viewing angles below 10 degrees — a condition largely unaddressed
in conventional road marking systems.
at acute viewing angles below 10 degrees — a condition largely unaddressed
in conventional road marking systems.
To achieve this, the system actively compensates for perspectival distortion caused by vanishing-point geometry — introducing a new approach to low-angle
information legibility in spatial visual information systems.
information legibility in spatial visual information systems.
Although the system begins with text-based road markings, its framework extends beyond letters to symbols, pictograms, and other spatial visual signals that must remain legible in motion and at oblique viewing angles.
Rather than treating road markings as static graphic instructions, the project begins from the moment drivers actually perceive information in motion. It reframes road typography as a perceptual interface rather than a graphic surface.
Road Marking 2.0 can be understood as an early investigation into low-angle
spatial information legibility — a perceptual framework that extends beyond
road infrastructure toward future spatial information platforms,
spatial information legibility — a perceptual framework that extends beyond
road infrastructure toward future spatial information platforms,
including augmented and wearable vision systems.
This project marks an early stage in SHINHO’s long-term investigation into how
visual information remains recognizable under unstable viewing conditions.
visual information remains recognizable under unstable viewing conditions.
Road Marking 2.0 establishes a perceptual calibration framework for spatial information that must remain legible under acute viewing conditions in motion.
