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T-Vision (Terravision)
T-Vision specific concept of seamless links between different levels of detail allows the continuous zooming from a global view down to recognizable features of only a few centimeters in size. On the virtual globe any kind of geographically related data can be visually incorporated.
For the navigation on the virtual globe a special T-Vision user interface in form of a large real globe was developed. With this the user has full control over which information to view, at what time and at which location.
T-Vision is a broadband application research project realized by ART+COM, Berlin, financed by DeTeBerkom, Berlin and supported by Weathernews, Tokyo.
Cresits:
Content and event management: Gerd Grueneis
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ART+COM is an interdisciplinary group concerned with the integration of computer technology, communication and design. ART+COM was founded in 1988 as a centre for computer aided design and communication, with the intention to promote co-operation between science, design and education. Since 1988 ART+COM has established itself as a melting pot for new ideas and new technologies, where specialists from the Arts, from Science and from industry come together to combine their ideas and goals. The method of working at ART+COM is characterized an openness towards new projects and novel approaches, the readiness to question old patterns and ways of thinking and the ability to speed up complex development processes. At ART+COM we have succeeded in creating a work environment equipped with cutting edge technology where scientists, artists, designers and information technologists strive towards the common goal of opening up new dimensions of visualisation and communication. A team of 30 to 40 widely skilled professionals enable ART+COM to provide an extensive range of services. Ruling the information age the work of ART+COM has received a lot of attention at many major computer graphic conferences (siggraph, imagina ...) and has been awarded with important prizes in the field of computer art (ars electronica), IMF Award ...
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