Tools to Support Embedded Data Representations in Physical Environments

In our data-saturated world, people could greatly benefit from understanding data in their daily lives through visualization. Currently, many visualizations are situated out of context from the physical world, leading to a loss of data-richness gained from in-context analysis. Using tabletop robotic devices and projectors, Dr. Jansen’s research team are developing infrastructure to generate and embed visualizations in-context to the physical environment. However, research is still needed: 1) to develop tools that allow people to create these visualizations, and 2) to investigate how to best represent the visual output of the data. We will extend the existing infrastructure, by building tools that allow users to gather and visualize data in their environment. The long range goal is to create devices and processes that allow people to “paint” data visualizations at will into their environment. Our project will provide working prototypes to further advance research in the field of embedded visualizations.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lora Oehlberg

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Partner:

Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

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