Small Trees, Big data: Augmented Reality Model of Air Quality Data via the Chinese Art of "Artificial" Tray Planting

Jane Prophet; Yong Ming Kow; Mark Hurry

doi:10.1145/3230744.3230753

Small Trees, Big data: Augmented Reality Model of Air Quality Data via the Chinese Art of "Artificial" Tray Planting

Jane Prophet
, Yong Ming Kow
, Mark Hurry

School of Creative Media

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Our prototype app, Pocket Penjing, built using Unity3D, takes its name from the Chinese "Penjing." These tray plantings of miniature trees pre-date bonsai, often including miniature benches or figures to allude to people's relationship to the tree. App users choose a species, then create and name their tree. Swiping rotates a 3D globe showing flagged locations. Each flag represents a live online air quality monitoring station data stream that the app can scrape. Data is pulled in from the selected station and the AR window loads. The AR tree grows in real-time 3D. Its L-Systems form is determined by the selected live air quality data. We used this prototype as the basis of a two-part formative participatory design workshop with 63 participants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SIGGRAPH '18
Subtitle of host publication	ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Posters
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450358170
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3230744.3230753
Publication status	Published - Aug 2018
Event	45th SIGGRAPH Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2018: GENERATIONS - Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada Duration: 12 Aug 2018 → 16 Aug 2018 https://s2018.siggraph.org/

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Conference	45th SIGGRAPH Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2018: GENERATIONS
Place	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	12/08/18 → 16/08/18
Internet address	https://s2018.siggraph.org/

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augmented reality
gamification
polyaesthetics

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Prophet, J, Kow, YM & Hurry, M 2018, Small Trees, Big data: Augmented Reality Model of Air Quality Data via the Chinese Art of "Artificial" Tray Planting. in SIGGRAPH '18: ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Posters., 16, Association for Computing Machinery, 45th SIGGRAPH Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2018: GENERATIONS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 12/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3230744.3230753

Small Trees, Big data: Augmented Reality Model of Air Quality Data via the Chinese Art of "Artificial" Tray Planting. / Prophet, Jane; Kow, Yong Ming; Hurry, Mark.
SIGGRAPH '18: ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Posters. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. 16.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Small Trees, Big data: Augmented Reality Model of Air Quality Data via the Chinese Art of "Artificial" Tray Planting

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