The AlloSphere is a unique, one-of-a-kind scientific instrument that is a culmination of 24 years of Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin's creativity and research efforts in media systems and studio design. She approached the design of the AlloSphere in much the same way that she composes a piece of music.
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The AlloSphere Research Facility is differentiated from conventional virtual reality environments by its seamless surround-view capabilities and its focus on multiple sensory modalities and interaction. Building the AlloSphere was not an off-the-shelf enterprise. Designing a large-scale multimedia environment to deliver rich, coherent, interactive, high-resolution 3D video and audio streams from voluminous amounts of scientific data, all in real-time, was a non-trivial computational and systems engineering task that involved a significant number of faculty from diverse disciplines. Creating subsequent next generations of the instrument will again require genuine creativity to solve significant research and design challenges.
Talks JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... and detect previously unseen patterns that could lead to new discoveries.
Enter the Allosphere
Allosphere - Professor JoeAnn - Part 1 of 2
Professor JoeAnn, creator of the Allosphere, tells about her world-altering, three story high machine. It's a laser show in 3D effect.
Allosphere Professor JoeAnn Part 2 of 2
Sources:- The AlloSphere at the California NanoSystems Institute, UC Santa Barbara
- Demo: Stunning data visualization in the AlloSphere | Video on TED.com
- YouTube - JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data
- The Santa Barbara Independent Enter the Allosphere
- YouTube - Allosphere - Professor JoeAnn - Part 1 of 2 - University of CA Santa Barbara 21Jan08 Kodak Z1012 IS
- YouTube - Allosphere Professor JoeAnn Part 2 of 2 University of CA Santa Barbara 21Jan08 Kodak Z1012 IS
Related:- AlloSphere three story virtual environment not available for birthday parties, Bat Mitzvahs
UP IN THE AIR: JoAnn Kuchera-Morin and her MAT students stand proudly inside their creation, an expansive mechanical beast whose true future is unknown. Will it further scientific discoveries? Will it become groundbreaking computer theater? Will Hollywood come knocking? Or will it just be some trippy way to spend an afternoon? No one knows, and Kuchera-Morin seems to like it that way.
