AR Data Ribbon: Break the Frame and Unroll Data in the Air

Understanding the difference between small and big values spanning over several orders of magnitude can be difficult. In this demo, we introduce a proof of concept named AR Data Ribbons, an augmented reality visualization scaled so that even smaller values are visible but requiring people to unroll the biggest values of a bar chart going beyond its frame. While the smallest values appear as classic bars on a 2D canvas, participants are invited to pick up a roll handle and to unroll ribbons representing the biggest values of the dataset. Ribbons are then unfolded in the space surrounding the participant until reaching the length corresponding to the data value. We hope our design could lead to a greater engagement, creative ribbon output patterns and better data understanding.