RYUKYU ALIVE

2002

Web-based 3D Visualization, VRML / Digital Archive / Interface Metaphor

Ryukyu ALIVE is an information visualization system of the huge Web Archives named ‘Wonder Okinawa.’ This system renders the total contents of the digital archive in a 3D space. Up-to-minute access to the archive is dynamically visualized by analyzing a user’s access log. By using the metaphor of galaxy, a variety of interactions and visualizations are realized.

CREDIT

RYUKYU ALIVE CONSORTIUM

EXHIBITION / AWARD

Asia Digital Art Awards, Digital Design Category, Excellence Award, 2003
SIGGRAPH 2003, Web Graphics (Presentations), 2003

PUBLICATION

WAKITA A. and MATSUMOTO F. Information Visualization with web3D - Spatial Visualization of Human Activity Area and Its Condition- Computer Graphics Vol37, Number3 ACM SIGGRAPH, Aug.2003 29-33.