Demonstration of TangibleData: Immersive Data Exploration with Touch

We demonstrate an interactive 3D data visualization tool called TangibleData. TangibleData adapts hand gestures and mid-air haptics to provide 3D data exploration and interaction in VR using hand gestures and ultrasound mid-air haptic feedback. We showcase different types of 3D visualization datasets with different data encoding methods that convert data into visual and haptic representations for data interaction. We focus on an intuitive approach for each dataset, using mid-air haptics to improve the user’s understanding. We transformed each dataset’s inherent properties (velocity, vorticity, density, volume, and location) into haptics to demonstrate a tangible experience for the user.