Immersive Analytics is an approach to collaborative analytics that integrates analytical methodologies within a persistent virtual world. The challenge is to design 3D information metaphors supporting key aspects of typical business processes. This talk demonstrates live examples of these metaphors like Sankey, chord, and sigma visualizations, all of which are generated by a popular BI tool (Qlik Sense) with path analysis by Teradata Aster. These initial results present the foundation for a long-term initiative to radically rethink the collaborative possibilities throughout the entire information value chain.
2. Problem – Understanding & Managing Complex Systems
• Losing the sense of the whole and
ability to shared that among many
• Generalizing Beyond Known Facts
• Human judgment
• Analytical reasoning
• Goal is… Augment human judgment
with analytic reasoning
in a healthy symbiotic relationship
• Think of analytics like eyeglasses
3. Problem – Turning Analytics Inside-Out
• Variety and power of analytics is exploding
• Ability to understand and guide analytics is diminishing
• Analytics is becoming more of a mysterious black box
Data
Analytics
Data
4. Solution – Immersive Analytics
• IA is… Being there with others to generalize beyond data
known about a system …via a virtual data world
• Does this change the way people assemble, interact with,
analyze and communicate business intelligence?
5. Solution – Immersive+Analytic Data Worlds
• Engaging : fun, interesting, insightful, curious
• Persistent : always-on window into the data world
• Info-Rich : high-density well-designed data objects
• Interactive : poke at data and learn from its behavior
• Collaborative : shared experiences for decision-making
Demo
VirBELA
6. Building Your DW World - Architecture
Analytics
World
Designer
Data Design
Rendering
and
Interaction
Engine
Data
World
Teradata
Aster
Qlik
Sense
Unity3D
Three.js
8. Sensorial - Evolution of Visualization
Early representations of data were both informative and functional
Images sourced through Google
Demo
Cardboard
9. Social - Reporting
Reporting = Sharing
Storytelling for the sake of
collaboration
Sharing information with the
specific intent of gaining
knowledge
13. Virtual - Data Objects
What are the challenges?
• Are we ready to move beyond the desktop? Both technically and socially.
• Do we need 2D HUDs for GUIs
• Will parallax cause more problems than it solves?
14. Virtual - Analytical Immersion
How can a sensorial and
social immersive
analytics environment
increase understanding
and improve decision-
making?
ATLAS in silico (click image for link to video)
Play
Video
Demo
Rift
15. Call To Action – Join an Open Community
• Become a contributor by registering at ImmersiveAnalytics.com
• Visit Qlik’s booth to chat more and get hands-on demos
• Volunteer to sponsor a business use-case to implement
Google Cardboard lets people create very cheap and easy virtual reality displays out of their
smartphone and a piece of cardboard. How could Qlik Sense and Teradata Aster be used
with this emerging media platform?
Notes de l'éditeur
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Learning is… to generalize beyond the data that you know
More than prediction! Creating a model about how the world works.
Human learning versus machine learning
Analysis… describes the data that you know
Analytics… learns to generalize to data that you do not know
Distinction between training and test data
Goal is… leveraging human learning + machine learning
Engaging – “sticky”
Persistent – always-on window into the data warehouse
Rich – high-density well-designed info-objects
Interactive – poke at data and learn from its reactions
Collaborative – shared experiences for decision-making
3 min demo of VirBELA on Todd’s laptop
Cinema = Rich history of communicating ideas through visuals
Gaming = Adding real-time interactivity demands new hardware and software
IOT/Big Data = Non-linear growth in data production (especially sensor data) creates new storage and compute platforms for analysis
Factors giving advanced visualization a chance
Many users per machine -> many machines per user
Mobile “phones” driven by photography require high quality displays for up-close viewing providing overall increased pixel density
Add nexus photo
Stonehedge = immersive visualization
Abacus = interactive(touch/haptic) visualization
Context matters
Make the smart choice - Not the coolest choice (higher res qlik viz)
Complex analysis necessitate new forms for representation
Chromecast cardboard demos (3 min)
No longer just novelty gadgets: 4K, 8K, 3D, OLED
My Nexus 6 has a 6” screen with 493ppi
The word meme comes from the Ancient Greek word mīmēma, "imitated thing" coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena.
Storytelling is not static
Oral tradition
Prehistoric visualizations supported (mythologized) stories
Internet Archive = Past can still haunt us
Snowfall = Integrated photos, videos and motion graphics enhanced the experience of the story in a natural and useful way.
Wikipedia = Crowdsourced stories are core to our understanding and experience in the world
Sometimes you’re all in the same space
Sometimes, you’re not
Even more often nowadays, you’re tele-commuting from home
Method of loci = Mnemonic device stating that navigating spatial environments reinforces memory retention.
Muscle Memory
We know that interaction with physical objects is a skill that can be honed with practice.
Can physically interacting with virtual objects also be a skill worth mastering?
Does scale matter?
Will using your entire body rather than just your fingertips improve speed, accuracy and agility with analytics?
Build, Select and Share data all in the same environment without ever losing context.
Immersive provides you with an infinite canvas
Critical Thinking = Assemble supporting and opposing media within the same environment to encourage and promote dialogue to enhance discovery and decision making.
ArandaLasch = architectural studio dedicated to experimental research and building
Need
Designing visualizations for virtual worlds will require developers to consider how 3D volume and spatial positioning are best utilized in addition to traditional appearance factors such as color, size and sorting.
DEMO VirBELA
PLAY video of ATLAS documentation
Demo Rift
Show rapid prototype objects
Richard explains IA website/community
Todd invites audience to Qlik booth
Richard issues challenge to audience to create their own Data Objects
We are actively seeking support for a project that focuses on a business use case that can illustrate and publish a practical solution, issues involved, and best practices. The data must be non-sensitive, non-confidential, and openly available. However, the business problem must be real and nontrivial. Saving the world from climate change or economic collapse would be acceptable. If you have ideas, please contact us.