The slide looks into describing data visualization from an art perspective to communicate the research findings regarding how temperature changes affect the life of coral. A tangible user interface is used to interact with the data to create an engaging experience for the audience of the artwork.

1. INTERACTIVE DATA Presentation
VISUALIZATION WITH by
Phil Gough &
TANGIBLE USER Adityo
Pratomo
INTERFACE

2. ABOUT US
 Research Project: Reefs on The
Edge
 Part of MIDEA program
 Look to communicate coral
lifespan vs change in stea
temperature

3. MOVIE DEMO

4. DATA SOURCE
 Erika Woolsey (marine biologist) research
 Findings of research
 Complex data
 Reducing the data to present

5. VISUALIZATION APPROACH
 Approaching visualisation:
 Scientific Perspective
 Design Perspective
 Art Perspective

6. DESIGNED AND ARTISTIC DATA
VISUALISATION

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Shows relationship to change a decision

13. WHY ART?
 Neuroscience
 Logic vs Limbic
 Changing behavior by associating facts with feelings

14. ART-SCIENCE COLLABORATION

15. TANGIBLE USER INTERFACE (TUI)
 Purpose for Reefs on The Edge:
 Create a unique and engaging way in exploring the data
 Promote social experience between users

16. TANGIBLE USER INTERFACE CONCEPT
 Using natural
human motoric as a
way to control
 Interface beyond
the world of
Window, Icon, Menu
and Pointers
(WIMP)
 Giving physical form
to an underlying
data information

17. RESEARCH OUTPUT: OVERVIEW
 Interactive Data Visualization with Tangible User Interface

18. DEVELOPMENT

19. DEVELOPMENT
 Visualization:
Processing
 Simulating coral
spawn and coral
grow

20. DEVELOPMENT
 Tangible Objects: Arduino, Xbee, Reactivision marker
 Arduino: Control light
 Xbee: communicate wirelessly with computer through serial
port
 Marker: tracked by the computer (object ID & rotation angle)
to control the animation

21. DEVELOPMENT
 Table
 Webcam with IR filter
 Projector, 2 mirrors, 180 IR LEDs

22. ENGAGING THE AUDIENCE
 Three stages of interactions:
Invite Touch Rotate
Initial color Color change
Animation changes

23. USER TESTING AT WEB DIRECTIONS SOUTH
2011
 Key findings:
 Easy understandable interaction
 Need more responsive feedback from the system

24. EXHIBITION AT SENTIENT

25. FUTURE EXHIBITION: THE VERGE GALLERY
Attract::Relate::Sustain
1 – 9 December 2011

26. Q&A
 Phil Gough
 E: phil.j.gough@gmail.com
 W: www.pgcreative.net
 Tw : @dramas_5
 Adityo Pratomo
 E: pratomo.adityo@gmail.com
 W: www.adityo.net
 Tw : @kotakmakan