Movies Are in 3-D, Why Not our Data?...
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IBM Research builds a 7-foot sphere lobby display, maps geocoded feeds like Twitter, Foursquare, and pandemic models onto the globe, and runs interactive simulations (swine flu spread when key airports close). The prototype works and reveals useful pole-down and transcontinental flight views, but also shows clear PowerPoint distortions when 2D visuals or 3D-generated data are reprojected, plus practical issues (the globe barely fits through doors). The claim: 3-D surfaces reveal new insights but require new tooling and careful projection to avoid misleading results.
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- 0:00The vision of the future
- 2:13The limitations of 2D data
- 5:18Innovating with 3D models
- 8:14The future of visualization
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