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| Paper: |
Virtual Observatory Virtual Reality |
| Volume: |
512, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXV |
| Page: |
485 |
| Authors: |
Polsterer, K. L.; Taylor, M. B. |
| Abstract: |
The virtual observatory(VO) and its standards have become a success story in providing uniform access to a huge amount
of data sets. Those data sets contain correlations, distributions, and relations that have to be unveiled. Visualization
has always been a key tool to understand complex structures. Typically high-dimensional information is projected to a
two dimensional plane to create a diagnostic plot. Besides expensive stereoscopic visualization cubes, stereoscopic
displays provide an affordable tool to peek into a three dimensional data space.
We present a low-cost immersive visualization environment that makes use of a smart-phone, a game controller and a simple
stereoscopic viewer. This simple equipment allows you to explore your data more naturally by flying through your data
space. The presented software consists of a central server application running on a computer and a client implementation
performing the rendering on multiple smart-phones, enabling users to inspect the data jointly. As the server application
uses the VO simple application messaging protocol (SAMP), it is seamlessly integrated with other VO tools, like TOPCAT
or Aladin. Access the data in the usual way and employ Virtual Observatory Virtual Reality (VOVR) to explore it. |
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