Skip to content
Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00134
- Thesis Title
- Real-Time Metaphorical Visualization of Multi-Dimensional Environmental Data
- Author
- Eric Aley
- E-mail
- ealey AT tamu.edu
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- Master of Science in Visualization Sciences
- Year
- 2006
- Number of Pages
- 51
- University
- Texas A&M University
- Thesis Supervisor
- Carol LaFayette
- Supervisor e-mail
- lurleen AT viz.tamu.edu
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Architecture
- Copyright Ownership
- Eric Aley
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Keywords
- Multi-dimensional metaphor
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- This research explores the process of reformulating multiple data sets into metaphorical representations. The representations must coherently intertwine into a multi-level metaphor that constrains their forms. A working installation has been created, using the natural environment as a metaphor for the built environment. Numerical measurements of weather conditions inside of Texas A&M’s Langford architectural building are translated into visual metaphors that map to the metaphor of a landscape – rainfall, wind strength, grass color, and lightning – to visually describe the state of the building in real time.