Exploring Data Visually in Virtual Reality

This has been long time thread here.  We explored the use of VR and Augmented reality to create environments for understanding complex data.

The image at the right shows an example of linking visualized data into a virtual reality space.   Never clearly successful,  but continue to monitor.  Here, new examinations of the use of current virtual reality hardware and software.

Theory vs Learning Models

A testimonial to easy data visualization and exploration.  I believe that data visualization should always be the first step to analytics. Which means it can often be all that is needed.  Even if you need to ultimately do something more complex to solve the problem, the initial exploration will allow you to improve and confirm the results.

Defaults in Data Visualization

An article in Junk Charts talks about hating the defaults in data visualization packages.  Well, you should at least consider what the defaults are and be sure they are reasonable for your purpose.  Thoughful piece.

Data Virtualization

A very good overview of what is called data virtualization:

" Data virtualization allows an organization to make its enterprise data easily available to business users. From a more technical standpoint, data virtualization makes all the enterprise data that has been dispersed over a multitude of IT systems look like one logical database—even if that data is buried deeply in IT systems. The effect of using data virtualization is that organizations can increase the return on their investment in data processing. .... "

Still a research domain, but where does it stand today, and who are the technology players involved?  Ultimately this is where we want to go, what will it take to make it happen?