DATA EXPERIENCE  LAB

The Data Experience Lab explores new visual tools, interactions, and experiences that allow analysts, enthusiasts, and communities to visualize, share, and live with data.
We are part of the University of Calgary's Interactions Lab.

NEW BOOK

Making with Data: Physical Design and Craft in a Data-Driven World

RECENT COLLABORATIONS

SEVEN — Inria-Calgary Associated Team on Situated and Embedded Visualization ENvironments
EnergyVis — Accessible Open Data Visualization for the Canada Energy Regulator

The Lab

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Recent Publications

DIS 2024

Understanding Gesture and Microgesture Inputs for Augmented Reality Maps
Kurtis Danyluk, Simon Klueber, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Wesley Willett. ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2024. [Link]

CHI 2024

Better Little People Pictures: Generative Creation of Demographically Diverse Anthropographics
Priya Dhawka, Lauren Perera, Wesley Willett. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2024. [Link]
Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations
Nathalie Bressa, Jordan Louis, Wesley Willett, Samuel Huron. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2024. [Companion Site] [CC-BY Images] [Link]

DNHG 2024

Humanizing Data Using Demographically Diverse Anthropographics
Priya Dhawka and Wesley Willett. Urban Institute Do No Harm Guide: Crafting Equitable Data Narratives 2024. [Link]

UIST 2023

FlavourFrame: Visualizing Tasting Experiences
Lauryn Anderson, Lora Oehlberg, Wesley Willett. Extended Abstracts of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2023. [Link]
FluencyAR: Augmented Reality Language Immersion
Shanna Li Ching Hollingworth, Willett. Extended Abstracts of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2023 2023. [Link]
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