Hlanganani Junction
Hlanganani Junction
Emerging Researcher Series
Data Visualisation Facilities?Data Visualisation Facilities?
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Research Analyst
Jason van Rooyen, PhD
Engineer
Timothy Carr
OverviewOverview
Research
Life Cycle
Acquire
Plan
Analyse
Access
Collaborate
Manage
Archive
Publish
Reuse
Data
HPC
Cloud
Virtual labs
HPC
Cloud
Virtual labs
Dataset transfer
Databases
Web-based file sharing
Collaborative sites
Dataset transfer
Databases
Web-based file sharing
Collaborative sitesAutomated ingest
and management
Automated ingest
and management
RDM supportRDM support
Technical advice
Costing
Grant assistance
Technical advice
Costing
Grant assistance
Comprehend
Visualisation facilitiesVisualisation facilities
Institutional repositoryInstitutional repository
Data Visualisation Facilities
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VR
Visualisation wall
Digital Dome
This talk….This talk….
The build Demonstration
This talk….This talk….
Data Visualisation Facilities
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InspirationInspiration
• The data deluge
• Visual learning
• Visualisation infrastructure is
transforming research
Why?Why?
Data Visualisation Facilities
insights
collaboration
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• Continuum of tech
• Scale
• Complexity
• Cost
• Off the shelf or custom
What is out there?What is out there?
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Virtual RealityVirtual Reality
Data Visualisation Facilities
• …and it’s commercial
Oculus Rift
MS HoloLens
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Virtual RealityVirtual Reality
Data Visualisation Facilities
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Video wallsVideo walls
Data Visualisation Facilities
Georgia State University: the CURVE
http://library.gsu.edu/home/services-and-support/services/curve/
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Data Visualisation Facilities
University of Dayton: Interactive Projection Wall
http://heyhush.com/work/university-of-dayton-interactive-wall/
Video wallsVideo walls
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Data Visualisation Facilities
University of California, San Diego: WAVE, StarCAVE, NexCAVE, TourCAVE
http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/article.php?id=2273 /
Video wallsVideo walls
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Data Visualisation Facilities
Video wallsVideo walls
KAUST: NexCAVE, AESOP, OptiPortal, REVE
https://kvl.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Showcase.aspx
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Data Visualisation Facilities
University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization Lab
http://www.ci.anl.gov/blog/walls-visualization-cave
Video wallsVideo walls
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Data Visualisation Facilities
CAVE, WAVE,
http://www.mechdyne.com
Video wallsVideo walls
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Data Visualisation Facilities
Video wallsVideo walls
Virginia Tech’s: the Cube
https://www.icat.vt.edu/content/cube-0
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Data Visualisation Facilities
Planetarium Planetarium
Definiti 4K Projection System Museum of
Science, Boston Charles Hayden Planetarium
Queen Mary projection system
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Our JourneyOur Journey
• Inspired by the CAVE2 @Monash
OriginsOrigins
Data Visualisation Facilities
https://youtu.be/TVem-BiRYTo
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• Visualisation walls:
• Panoramic Designs, Interactive, Great collaborative area, Immersive
• Near-seamless panels, HPC Render Farm, Positional Tracking, Audio
• Considerations:
• Expensive to build. University real estate
• Limitation (n) people, research groups. The consumer could not
own one.
Pros and Cons of technologiesPros and Cons of technologies
Data Visualisation Facilities
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• VR:
• Replacing the real world with a simulated one
• Immersive, Interactive, Portable, Connected, Not expensive, Available to
the consumer.
• Creating a "Software-Defined World" in which anything is possible.
• Considerations:
• Not novel
• Various health related issues associated with VR e.g. nausea
• Commercial
Pros and Cons of technologiesPros and Cons of technologies
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• Commercial off-the-shelf VR
• Motion control integration
• Oculus DK2
• 7" OLED display
• Resolution 960 x 1080
• Positional Tracker (LED camera)
• Caveats which need addressing:
• Resolution is too low
• Head mount does not suit glasses
• Longer cables
• HMD USB causes jitter
Oculus @UCTOculus @UCT
Data Visualisation Facilities
https://youtu.be/w4rvr346os4
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• Hardware requirements:
• GPU:
• > Nvidia GTX 970
• General:
• 8GB Memory, (16GB)
• Sufficient USB ports
• Quad-core
• Software Development:
• Unity 5.1 / Unreal Engine
Studio 4.8
• Unreal Studio is OSS and
supports the Oculus and Leap
natively.
What’s needed for the Oculus @UCTWhat’s needed for the Oculus @UCT
Data Visualisation Facilities
• Access:
• Eat-in or takeaways?
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• Textured 3D models and other spatial data of
heritage sites across Africa.
• 72 TB of data
• Online Virtual Worlds are created to aid site
management, education, tourism and
conservation
Research with the Oculus @UCTResearch with the Oculus @UCT
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• Inspired by the CAVE2 @Monash
• Researcher engagement spaces
• Libraries are traditional homes of
data and interrogation
• E.g. James B. Hunt Library - NCU
Visualisation wall @UCTVisualisation wall @UCT
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• Requirements:
• Research/teaching/meeting
• Immersive
• Large
• Bright (day-time functions)
• Private
• 3D
• Touch
• Impressive sound
• Low cost
Visualisation wall @UCTVisualisation wall @UCT
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• Hardware:
• High-spec PC
• 3 Quadro m4000
• 10 Pvision 49 inch LCD panels
• 3.5 mm image to image
• 20 mil pixels
• Bose sound
• 2K video in
Visualisation wall @UCTVisualisation wall @UCT
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• Iziko Planetarium being upgraded
• Digital facility providing state-of–the-art edu-entertainment and
enabling leading-edge research
• A budget of R25 million has been set aside for the digital
transformation: Department of Science and Technology (DST); National Research Foundation
(NRF); National Lotteries Commission (NLC); University of Cape Town (UCT));
University of the Western Cape (UWC); and Cape Peninsula University of
Technology (CPUT).
CT Digital PlanetariumCT Digital Planetarium
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Planetarium - currentlyPlanetarium - currently
Data Visualisation Facilities
• Popular Cape Town location
• 80k to 100k visitors per year
• Currently using 1977 Minolta slide technology to project star fields
• Technology is at end of life and needs to be replaced urgently!
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Planetarium – Digital DomePlanetarium – Digital Dome
Data Visualisation Facilities
• Full dome digital
• 360 °
• 6x JVC 8k
• 5000 lumens
• 38 mil pixels
• From planetary and solar system science to
geology, oceanography, climate and earth
science, medical science, molecular- and bio-
chemistry, and even town planning
• 15 hrs/week for research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH3MH_EWgno
https://vimeo.com/160134795
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Data Visualisation Facilities
VR
Visualisation wall
Digital Dome
Available for youAvailable for you
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DemoDemo
• Art
• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/category/artist
• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/gQnHkHo6
• Science (contextual)
• https://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/zoomable/
• Immersive
• http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/11203/gigapans/152220
• http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/6969/gigapans/80370
• http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/8030/gigapans/97067
ImmersionImmersion
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• Maps
• http://www.digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/humanitec/
• http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/-33.9537/18.4692
• https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.91353,18.0956096,9z
• Biological samples
• http://tinyurl.com/jqzp9se
• Charts and pathways
• http://biochemical-pathways.com/#/map/1
Scale and context Scale and context
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• Bringing statistics to life
• http://flowingdata.com/2015/12/15/a-day-in-the-life-of-americans
• http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/feb/05/-sp-watch-how-
measles-outbreak-spreads-when-kids-get-vaccinated
• http://www.trulia.com/vis/tru247/
• https://evolutionofweb.appspot.com/
• Mass publications
• http://qz.com/
• http://flowingdata.com/
Data – big and smallData – big and small
Data Visualisation Facilities
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• Visualisation libraries and tools
• https://github.com/d3/d3/wiki/gallery
• SeaBorn
• Plotly
• IPython
Data – big and smallData – big and small
Data Visualisation Facilities
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• Interactive visualisations
• http://maps.tnc.org/migrations-in-motion/#4/45.15/-106.57
• https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/azimuthal_equidistant=
25.16,-46.01,862
• http://www.weathersa.co.za//media/data/observation/synoptic/ma_sy.gif
• http://htwins.net/scale2/
• http://stuffin.space/?search=
Data – new dimensionsData – new dimensions
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• UHD video
• Fantasy/Narratives:
• https://vimeo.com/108650530
• Art
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qulvodbkUHA
• Nature
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJgPBbVwTVY
• Architecture
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dQ7513NsFM
MotionMotion
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• Interactive infographics
• http://www.fallen.io/ww2/
• Live streaming
• http://www.n2yo.com/space-station/
• http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload
MotionMotion
Data Visualisation Facilities
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CollaborationCollaboration
Data Visualisation Facilities
Scalable Amplified Group Environment
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Video conferencing
• Virtual screen
• Co-presentation
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Data Visualisation Facilities
Thank you!Thank you!
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