The SANDBOX: a virtual reality interface to scientific databases

Author

Johnson, Andrew ; Fotouhi, Farshad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28-30 Sep 1994

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Much of the data that is stored in scientific databases is collected through experimentation. We propose a new interface to scientific databases: the SANDBOX: Scientists Accessing Necessary Data Based On eXperimentation. The SANDBOX is a virtual reality tool which allows an investigator to recreate the original experiment. The investigator places virtual instruments into a virtual reenactment of the original experiment and collects data from the scientific database in much the same way that the original data was collected. These instruments give visual and auditory feedback, allowing the user to browse through data of any type. We have implemented a prototype of the SANDBOX on NASA´s FIFE scientific database using the CAVE virtual reality theatre

Keywords

data visualisation; database management systems; digital simulation; user interfaces; virtual reality; CAVE virtual reality theatre; FIFE database; SANDBOX; Scientists Accessing Necessary Data Based On eXperimentation; auditory feedback; original experiment; scientific databases; virtual instruments; virtual reality interface; virtual reality tool; virtual reenactment; visual feedback; Computer science; Database languages; Feedback; Information retrieval; Instruments; Two dimensional displays; Virtual reality; Visual databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 1994. Proceedings., Seventh International Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6610-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSDM.1994.336966

Filename

336966