ABSTRACT
The Sky Oracle on the University of Florida's Second China Island in Second Life applies an interactive, immersive aesthetic to the representation of structured information in the form of a control-flow diagram (a representation of both information and software). The diagram captures two different time periods in the history of Tibetan annexation, with a two-way branch flow indicating two different perspectives labeled Chinese vs. US. An example of aesthetic computing, this "walk-through" flowchart presents a novel approach for interacting with behavioral information by combining a sense of audio, and visual presence to explore the concept of cognitive dissonance.
Index Terms
- The Sky Oracle: immersive flowchart representation for the annexation of Tibet
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