TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing Decision-Visualization Environments—Empirically informed Design Recommendations
AU - John, Beatrice
AU - Lang, Daniel J.
AU - von Wehrden, Henrik
AU - John, Ruediger
AU - Wiek, Arnim
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the State of Lower Saxony (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Niedersächsisches Vorab) and the Volkswagen Foundation in line with the research project “Bridging the Great Divide” (Grant Number VWZN3188 ). The manuscript benefited from exchange with the Bridging the Great Divide team, including Aditya Ghosh, Manfred Laubichler, Nigel Forrest, John-Oliver Engler, and Heike Zimmermann, as well as the workshop on strategies of developing a DVE organized by Heike Zimmermann and held by Ruediger John. The authors also thank Jon Miller and his team, especially Rahul Salla at Arizona State University’s Decision Theater. The authors also thank Pips Veazey and Jason Leigh particularly for the discussions with regard to decision-visualization environments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Semi-immersive visualization facilities support research, planning, and decision-making at the science-society-policy interface. Decision theaters, visualization studios, and similar installations—here referred to as Decision-Visualization Environments (DVEs)—facilitate human-computer-content interactions to explore climate change impacts, resource management practices, and urban design solutions. This comparative study analyzes the current practices of seven DVE facilities from around the world based on expert interviews, site visits, and document review. We found common practices across 53 attributes concerning the planning, stakeholder involvement, and realization of DVE activities. DVEs need good facilitation and purposeful combination to unlock their full potential. An active network of DVEs could constitute a productive learning community to pool and coordinate activities and share insights. Based on our findings, we deduce recommendations on how to improve the design of existing DVEs, to create new DVEs, as well as to plan DVE projects and events.
AB - Semi-immersive visualization facilities support research, planning, and decision-making at the science-society-policy interface. Decision theaters, visualization studios, and similar installations—here referred to as Decision-Visualization Environments (DVEs)—facilitate human-computer-content interactions to explore climate change impacts, resource management practices, and urban design solutions. This comparative study analyzes the current practices of seven DVE facilities from around the world based on expert interviews, site visits, and document review. We found common practices across 53 attributes concerning the planning, stakeholder involvement, and realization of DVE activities. DVEs need good facilitation and purposeful combination to unlock their full potential. An active network of DVEs could constitute a productive learning community to pool and coordinate activities and share insights. Based on our findings, we deduce recommendations on how to improve the design of existing DVEs, to create new DVEs, as well as to plan DVE projects and events.
KW - Decision theaters
KW - Human-computer interactions
KW - Immersive environments
KW - Transformative experience
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U2 - 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102614
DO - 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089702246
SN - 0016-3287
VL - 123
JO - Futures
JF - Futures
M1 - 102614
ER -