Information Aesthetics- German ACM SIGGRAPH IRC (Sandro Alberti)

24X7ATPHL:Vectoring is an investigation into a novel use of time-based animation software and procedural modeling as a method for visualizing time-based quantitative data via construction of a qualitative, two-dimensional rendering.

A geopolitical survey of the 192 member states of the United Nations that reveals the quantitative degree to which each contributes to peace and terror in the world.

Time-and-space-mapping software with which anyone can simultaneously visualize chronological and geographical data as three-dimensional graphics. It is suitable for people who want to investigate the relationship between time-and-space information in fields such as archeology, ethnology, and history.

Cultural Analytics is a new emerging field that uses data mining and interactive visualizations of large sets of cultural data in the humanities context. The presented projects demonstrate ideas behind the Cultural Analytics Research Environment, an open platform for cultural analytics research currently being constructed at the California Institute for Telecommunication and Information (Calit2) and the University of California, San Diego.

Height Restrictions uses procedural modeling as a tool for visualizing information about building size and density in Center City Philadelphia.

In an immersive environment, users experience extended senses of sight and sound in ways normally perceived only by other animals. This is a prototype for a real-time project intended to provide freedom to roam remote places with enhanced senses and, as a result, benefit wildlife corridors around the world.