Data Play: Traditional Kimono Dye Visualization from PETLab on Vimeo.

Inspired by the question “Are we leaving the information age and entering a new ludic age?”, PETLab research associates have been developing game prototypes that can take complex datasets and display them in a playful interface using the Xbox/XNA platform. In this case, instead of viewing and navigating through information, the user “plays” the data. The hope is that, by making the experience game-like the user will respond confidently with approaches and explorations familiar from game settings and, in so doing, learn more about the connections within the dataset.

Papers:

DataPlay: Experiments in the Ludic Age

DataPlay: Mapping Game Mechanics to Traditional Data Visualization

 

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