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

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

3d command centers

Data representation tools

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

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

20 day real-time on-demand 3d stock chart

PHP script calls real-time updates from Google Finance API

LSL (Linden scripting language) visual rendering

Available open-source

Volume is added as a more meaningful third dimension

Next generation to offer data upload via Second Life notecard or Google Documents spreadsheet

VIT Mindmap SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/VIT%20World/128/128/0

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

Data visualization in Second Life Real-time LAX airport traffic Real-time NOAA weather data SAP airline booking application Svarga Artificial Life Ecosystem

Future possibilities Nanotechnology Island SIMS microscope BASHIBA Data Climate eCommerce

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