Virtual World Data Visualization

Slide 1: CONTACT 2008 Data Visualization in Second Life April 5, 2008 Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga Melanie Swan (RL) Xantha Oe (SL) MS Futures Group Palo Alto, CA Open source Creative Commons 3.0 license 415-505-4426 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ m@melanieswan.com http//www.melanieswan.com

Slide 2: What is data visualization in virtual worlds?  3d command centers  Data representation tools SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SciLands/26/161/26 SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%209/170/124/141 2 Virtual World Data Visualization

Slide 3: Smiley Radio Telescope and Euclidean Visualization Environment (EVE) Smiley Telescope, PARI, Balsam Grove, NC USA Smiley Virtual Control Room Real-time radio data received into 3d graph Smiley in Second Life Euclidean Visualization Environment 3 Virtual World Data Visualization SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/strace%20island/55/43/27

Slide 4: 3d stock chart •20 day real-time on-demand 3d stock chart •Volume is added as a more meaningful third •PHP script calls real-time updates from Google dimension Finance API •Next generation to offer data upload via Second •LSL (Linden scripting language) visual rendering Life notecard or Google Documents spreadsheet •Available open-source SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/uvvy2/90/243/29 SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Io/84/34/48 4 Virtual World Data Visualization

Slide 5: VIT Mindmap SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/VIT%20World/128/128/0 5 Virtual World Data Visualization

Slide 6: Cheminformatic-Assisted Image Array (CAIA) 36 meters 12 images 8 images 24 meters 6 Virtual World Data Visualization SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ACS/174/82/114

Slide 7: Data visualization in Second Life SAP airline booking application Real-time NOAA weather data Real-time LAX airport traffic Svarga Artificial Life Ecosystem 7 Virtual World Data Visualization

Slide 8: Future possibilities Nanotechnology Island SIMS microscope BASHIBA Data Climate eCommerce 8 Virtual World Data Visualization

Slide 9: More information: Wiki: http://sldataviz.pbwiki.com “Data Visualization” group in Second Life Thank you! Melanie Swan (RL) Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga Xantha Oe (SL) MS Futures Group Palo Alto, CA 415-505-4426 Open source Creative Commons 3.0 license m@melanieswan.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ http//www.melanieswan.com