Katie Jeffery, a Cal Poly grad, will be joining the Data Studio
opening next Thursday morning to demo a cool interactive 3D “digital
video globe” that displays data of various kinds: “Magic Planet.”
It’s primarily marketed to museums and schools, but Katie will be
bringing it to Cal Poly to help us celebrate, and she’ll be leading a
demo at 1:30 pm the same day (Thurs April 26), in the Data Studio
(Library 111C).
According to Katie, “Magic Planet includes extensive ready-made
exhibits as well as drag and drop animations, feature films and
exhibits including: tours of the solar system, plate tectonics, etc.
These have been developed by organizations such as NASA and the
European Space Agency. … Magic Planet is currently used by
organizations such as: American Museum of Natural History in NY,
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, NASA , NOAA and may others.”
Current installations can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magicplanet/sets.
More info at: made by http://www.globalimagination.com
Please feel free to pass this invitation to join the demo, as well as
the Data Studio opening event in the morning: http://lib.calpoly.edu/about/news/12_0402_datastudio.html
