Presentation from Daden at the Centre for Defence Enterprise Marketplace held on 5 February 2015. For more info see: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-brings-businesses-together-for-innovative-defence-ideas

1. © 2012 www.daden.co.uk
Social Data Visualisation in
Virtual Worlds
&
Immersive Cyber Analysis
Projects 16063 & 29508
David Burden
DADEN LIMITED

2. Background
Royal Wedding Twitter Data in OpenSim, showing mobility, sentiment, influence, ecosystem

3. Quantitative Assessment
UK Ministry of Defence Cyber & Influence Centre Sponsored Research Project:
Immersive vs Non-Immersive Visualisation – Daden/Aston University 2011
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AverageDistancetoActual
CsluterCentres
Immersive
Non-Immersive
When in an Immersive environment
users were twice as accurate in judging
cluster centres.
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%ofParticipantswhoIdentified
ChangesCorrectly
Immersive
Non-Immersive
When in an Immersive environment users
were twice as likely to accurately identify
changes between datasets
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Demand
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Temporal
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Performance Effort Frustration OVERALL
AverageWorkloadRating
Immersive Non-Immersive
When in an Immersive
environment users
reported 20% less
workload stress
N =~ 35, post
grad/doc researchers

4. Twitter over Birmingham

5. External Control and Viewing

6. Potential Benefits
 Maximise the eye/brain ability to interpret
data
 Better identify patterns and anomalies,
especially when you don’t know what
you’re looking for
 Gain a visceral understanding of the data
 Better communication and recall of
findings

7. Next Steps
 Version 2 in development, part funded through a TSB grant
 Able to visualise and interact with over 5 million data points
 Also looking at a purely browser based option for lower volumes but
instant use
 Looking for more project opportunities to exploit the capabilities of
the technology in real-world tasks