Contextualizing Data with ProxSituated Virtual Environments: From Flood Risk to Dam Monitoring

Title:

Contextualizing Data with ProxSituated Virtual Environments: From Flood Risk to Dam Monitoring

Authors:

Nuno Verdelho Trindade, Tomás Pinto, Tomás Soares, Sérgio Oliveira, Daniel Gonçalves, Alfredo Ferreira

Year:

2025

Poster

7th International Conference on Graphics and Interaction - ICGI 2025, Sintra, Portugal, 2025

Publisher:

IEEE, Eurographics

URL:

https://gpcg.pt/icgi2025/

Abstract:

ProxSituated analytics environments use proxy representations of referents instead of the actual physical objects of analysis for data representation. They can be used to complement or replace conventional situated analytics processes in situations where the latter are not practical. We describe two applications of proxsituated virtual data analysis environments to the Civil Engineering field. The first, FloodVR, is targeted at analyzing flood impact data overlaid on the affected terrain. The second, GalleriesVR, is designed for visualizing the impact of seismic events on dam structures. These applications allow engineers to analyze data contextualized with its respective objects of analysis without requiring them to be on-site. They also offer exocentric points of view, which would be unattainable with conventional/immediate situated analysis.

Keywords:

proxsituated visualization, virtual reality, immersive analytics, flood risk, dam safety control

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