Virtual worlds have been used for interacting and building structures and simulations. The next logical step is to stream in data, represent it visually and be able to interact with it. The two main areas of virtual worlds data visualization, 3d virtual command centers and data visualization tools, are highlighted in this presentation.

1. CONTACT 2008 Data Visualization in Second Life April 5, 2008 Melanie Swan (RL) Xantha Oe (SL) MS Futures Group Palo Alto, CA 415-505-4426 [email_address] http//www.melanieswan.com Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga Open source Creative Commons 3.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

3. Smiley Radio Telescope and Euclidean Visualization Environment (EVE) SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ strace%20island/55/43/27 Smiley Telescope, PARI, Balsam Grove, NC USA Smiley in Second Life Smiley Virtual Control Room Real-time radio data received into 3d graph Euclidean Visualization Environment

5. VIT Mindmap SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/VIT%20World/128/128/0

6. Cheminformatic-Assisted Image Array (CAIA) 8 images 24 meters 36 meters 12 images SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ACS/174/82/114

7. Data visualization in Second Life Real-time LAX airport traffic Real-time NOAA weather data SAP airline booking application Svarga Artificial Life Ecosystem

8. Future possibilities Nanotechnology Island SIMS microscope BASHIBA Data Climate eCommerce

9. Thank you! Melanie Swan (RL) Xantha Oe (SL) MS Futures Group Palo Alto, CA 415-505-4426 [email_address] http//www.melanieswan.com More information: Wiki: http://sldataviz.pbwiki.com “ Data Visualization” group in Second Life Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga Open source Creative Commons 3.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/