TY - JOUR

T1 - Advancing Decision-Visualization Environments—Empirically informed Design Recommendations

AU - John, Beatrice

AU - Lang, Daniel J.

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

AU - John, Ruediger

AU - Wiek, Arnim

PY - 2020/10/1

Y1 - 2020/10/1

N2 - Semi-immersive visualization facilities support research, planning, and decision-making at the science-society-policy interface. Decision theaters, visualization studios, and similar installations—here referred to as Decision-Visualization Environments (DVEs)—facilitate human-computer-content interactions to explore climate change impacts, resource management practices, and urban design solutions. This comparative study analyzes the current practices of seven DVE facilities from around the world based on expert interviews, site visits, and document review. We found common practices across 53 attributes concerning the planning, stakeholder involvement, and realization of DVE activities. DVEs need good facilitation and purposeful combination to unlock their full potential. An active network of DVEs could constitute a productive learning community to pool and coordinate activities and share insights. Based on our findings, we deduce recommendations on how to improve the design of existing DVEs, to create new DVEs, as well as to plan DVE projects and events.

AB - Semi-immersive visualization facilities support research, planning, and decision-making at the science-society-policy interface. Decision theaters, visualization studios, and similar installations—here referred to as Decision-Visualization Environments (DVEs)—facilitate human-computer-content interactions to explore climate change impacts, resource management practices, and urban design solutions. This comparative study analyzes the current practices of seven DVE facilities from around the world based on expert interviews, site visits, and document review. We found common practices across 53 attributes concerning the planning, stakeholder involvement, and realization of DVE activities. DVEs need good facilitation and purposeful combination to unlock their full potential. An active network of DVEs could constitute a productive learning community to pool and coordinate activities and share insights. Based on our findings, we deduce recommendations on how to improve the design of existing DVEs, to create new DVEs, as well as to plan DVE projects and events.

KW - Transdisciplinary studies

KW - Decision theaters

KW - Human-computer interactions

KW - Immersive environments

KW - Transformative experience

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089702246&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/677f5094-36c5-36bd-9619-458f57816f05/

U2 - 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102614

DO - 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102614

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85089702246

VL - 123

JO - Futures

JF - Futures

SN - 0016-3287

M1 - 102614

ER -