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Data visualization with Hololens
phockett
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I'm only in week 3 of "the future" - how it feels eveyday with Hololens - and have just started playing with some data visualization. Ultimately, this is probably the main thing I'm interested in using the Hololens for, and has the potential to be an all-consuming project (or projects). So far I've just played with static data spaces, but (obviously) it would be great to have full interaction with a data space, and underlying processing, either directly within the MR environment, or mediated via a PC (c.f. the dancing robot, or many of the original Hololens CAD promo videos), so this is what I'm really aiming at. This would be particularly useful in the lab while running experiments (for in-situ and HUD type visualization), for exploring large data spaces, and for sharing/presenting results, among a host of other uses!
Anyway, my experience so far has me wondering who else is interested in this, and what else is going on... a quick bit of googling didn't turn up that much in this area, although it seems an obvious strength of AR - to me at least, as a physicist.
My early demo/tutorial looking at some very basic data visualization can be found here: http://femtolab.ca?p=702. Enjoy!
- Paul
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Hi Paul, I am a geophysicist and have identified the exact same strengths and utilities you have posted. My personal skill-set is largely centered around scientific computing (processing, interpreting, and otherwise visualizing scientific data). I would love to collaborate.
Hi Elias, sounds good! What kind of visualizations are you thinking about? Any examples/demos yet?
@phockett I've been experimenting with visualizing simulated radiation field data in VR, but I have yet to try this with HoloLens. I already ported the project, and I'll post something when I get a chance to experiment a little more.
@ContextVR Sounds interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing your work.
I confess that I've not really worked at all with AR or VR in the past, although the latter obviously has a long history for this kind of stuff. I'm certainly planning to get some consumer-level VR as an entry level into that side of things for serious immersive data vis., as and when the new generation of hardware becomes available (e.g. Occulus Rift etc.).
With Hololens part of the strength - for me at least - lies in the (obvious) ability to do this in-situ and untethered, as I mentioned above... In more detail: this makes it potentially a great tool for use in the lab, with data visualized for the user as, for instance, some experimental parameter is optimized. The somewhat different (but simpler to get going) usage case of visualization of static data spaces following external processing, then porting of a 3D environment to the Hololens (as per my examples above), is also interesting but, ultimately, seems to be as well suited to VR as to AR/MR since there is no requirement for interaction with the real world at this point. That said, I really enjoyed the aesthetic of projecting my data as sculptural forms into a real environment, even if it had no scientific utility, so will continue playing in this vein too!
For those interested, this early work is now collected and written up as Augmented Reality with Hololens: Experiential Architectures Embedded in the Real World at https://www.authorea.com/users/71114/articles/129932/_show_article
The application examples remained static in this case, but I'm hoping to get to more interactive applications soon, as and when time permits...
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