Archive for August, 2009

I really love the timeline element present here, this is something I really want to explore with my project. I am very interesting in how the addition of time as a dimension in visualizing data can be used effectively in interactive data projects. I think that this is the big separation between traditional data viz and computer based visualization, and all interaction past basic navigation should affect this in some way.

This thing is amazing, just watch the video!

virtual gravity – the physical weight of data from Sillenet on Vimeo.

This setup, featured in Wired magazine (found online through Engadget), is at the very least really amazing conceptually. It basically takes a live video feed of your living room and combines it with a multi-touch interface coffee table to allow you to control everything from your media (sent to tv), your lights (swipe lights in room to dim and turn off on), and even program a path for your Roomba!

Check it out here

Here is a multi touch application which is basically a tribute to ben fry and casey reas. While the app in general isn’t super amazing, I think that the interface ideas are pretty cool and the way its tilted towards the user is really awesome

http://vimeo.com/5414506

Here is a goldmine of sports visualization stuff that I found by doing some google searches. One thing this has revealed to me is that while I plan on concentrating on baseball because its what interests me the most and has the greatest possibilities as far as numerical data (that may not be true but I’m thinking it is…), its foolish for me to look for inspiration/precedence just within the realm of baseball. There are several awesome visualizations listed here which are for many other sports. One of the most intriguing that I see is the basketball vis showing where all shots from last seasons where taken from on the court. I plan on going through this page a lot more thoroughly in the near future.

http://visualizeit.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/visualization-in-sports/