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AlloSphere: Immersive Data Visualization.

Posted on April 16, 2009, 9:57 am, by francesco d'orazio, under 3D, data visualisation, education, immersion, interface.

Composer JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the “AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements…”   Based at UCSB, the Allosphere and its 3D immersive theater maps complex data in [...]

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Routes: discover the secrets in your genes

Posted on January 27, 2009, 1:01 pm, by francesco d'orazio, under arg, education, storytelling.

“Is your destiny mapped out in your genes? Play Routes over the next 8 weeks and find out. Dig deep enough and who knows what secrets you might uncover…?” The frontier fields of bio-technology and genetic research get together with immersive storytelling to deliver a cutting edge alternate reality gaming experience which aims at creating [...]

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