Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data: JoAnn Kuchera-Morin on TED.com

JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements … (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 06:28.)

Allosphere is a three-story, multi- modal-dimensional-sensory, way for a group of collaborators to interact with complex data.  The experience brings to mind the subtle interactions of a string quintet, each in turn leading then following then combining their skills to sum greater than their parts.  Allosphere brings individual visionaries of the arts and entertainment community together in harmony–ultimately creating new expressive possibilities.

By truly immersing a group of well prepared collaborators in their data visually, aurally and temporally, together they are able to grasp data relationships that were simply too complex to understand before…

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