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MDPI, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 3(4), p. 54, 2020

DOI: 10.3390/mti4030054

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Game-Like 3D Visualisation of Air Quality Data

Journal article published in 2020 by Bruno Teles, Pedro Mariano ORCID, Pedro Santana ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The data produced by sensor networks for urban air quality monitoring is becoming a valuable asset for informed health-aware human activity planning. However, in order to properly explore and exploit these data, citizens need intuitive and effective ways of interacting with it. This paper presents CityOnStats, a visualisation tool developed to provide users, mainly adults and young adults, with a game-like 3D environment populated with air quality sensing data, as an alternative to the traditionally passive visualisation techniques. CityOnStats provides several visual cues of pollution presence with the purpose of meeting each user’s preferences. Usability tests with a sample of 30 participants have shown the value of air quality 3D game-based visualisation and have provided empirical support for which visual cues are most adequate for the task at hand.