Globe4D: time-traveling with an interactive four-dimensional globe

Globe4D is an interactive four-dimensional globe. It is a projection of the Earth’s surface on a physical sphere. The sphere can be freely rotated along all axes, viewed from any angle and enables the user to control time as its fourth dimension. An application was created that shows the historical movement of the continents, known as continental drift. Besides the Earth, any planet or spherical object can be projected. This paper describes the background, aims, results and progress of this student project. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces Input devices and strategies, Interaction styles, Prototyping, Screen design, User-centered design; H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentations]: Multimedia Information Systems --- Animations; B.4.2 [Input/Output and Data Communications] Input/Output Devices --- Image Display. General Terms Experimentation, Performance, Design, Human Factors Keywords Globe Projection, Earth, Sp...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: MM
• Authors: Rick Companje, Nico M. van Dijk, Hanco Hogenbirk, DaniCa Mast
• Keywords: Continental Drift, Information Interfaces, Interactive Four-dimensional Globe, MM 2006