Slicing the aurora: An immersive proxemics-aware visualization

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Beitragende

  • Sebastian Lay - , University of Calgary , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Jo Vermeulen - , University of Calgary (Autor:in)
  • Charles Perin - , University of Calgary (Autor:in)
  • Eric Donovan - , University of Calgary (Autor:in)
  • Raimund Dachselt - , Professur für Multimedia-Technologie (MT) (Autor:in)
  • Sheelagh Carpendale - , University of Calgary (Autor:in)

Abstract

The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights is a phenomenon that has fascinated people throughout history. The AuroraMAX outreach initiative provides a collection of time-lapse videos of the night sky captured by a camera at Yellowknife in Canada. We present an interactive visualization of this AuroraMAX image data on a large touch display. Our visualization slices each time-lapse video to represent an entire night as a single image or keogram, provides different views on the keograms, and allows people to explore and compare nights to discover interesting patterns. To entice people to interact, we use proxemic interaction and animate the visualization in response to people's movements in front of the display. We deployed the visualization in a public space at an art-science festival. Initial findings suggest that the proxemic interaction aspect helps to draw people in and that the visualization generates interest from passersby, providing opportunities for science outreach.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelCompanion Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces
Herausgeber (Verlag)Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Seiten91-97
Seitenumfang7
ISBN (elektronisch)9781450345309
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 6 Nov. 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheConference ISS - ISS: Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (previously ITS: Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces)

Konferenz

Titel11th Annual ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, ISS Companion 2016
Dauer6 - 9 November 2016
StadtNiagara Falls
LandKanada

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2176-876X/work/159171505

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Aurora borealis, Information visualization, Interactive surfaces, Large displays, Proxemic interaction