Scale-Aware Navigation of Astronomical Survey Imagery Data on High Resolution Immersive Displays

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Autori principali: Nederlander, Ava, Aamir, Zainab, Kaufman, Arie E.
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Nederlander, Ava
Aamir, Zainab
Kaufman, Arie E.
author_facet Nederlander, Ava
Aamir, Zainab
Kaufman, Arie E.
contents Upcoming astronomical surveys produce imagery that spans many orders of magnitude in spatial scale, requiring scientists to reason fluidly between global structure and local detail. Data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory exemplifies this challenge, as traditional desktop-based workflows often rely on discrete views or static cutouts that fragment context during exploration. This paper presents a design-oriented framework for scale-aware navigation of astronomical survey imagery in high-resolution immersive display environments. We illustrate these principles through representative usage scenarios using Vera Rubin Observatory and Milky Way survey imagery deployed in room-scale immersive environments, including tiled high-resolution displays and curved immersive systems. Our goal is to contribute design insights that inform the development of immersive interaction paradigms for exploratory analysis of extreme-scale scientific imagery.
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spellingShingle Scale-Aware Navigation of Astronomical Survey Imagery Data on High Resolution Immersive Displays
Nederlander, Ava
Aamir, Zainab
Kaufman, Arie E.
Human-Computer Interaction
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Graphics
Upcoming astronomical surveys produce imagery that spans many orders of magnitude in spatial scale, requiring scientists to reason fluidly between global structure and local detail. Data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory exemplifies this challenge, as traditional desktop-based workflows often rely on discrete views or static cutouts that fragment context during exploration. This paper presents a design-oriented framework for scale-aware navigation of astronomical survey imagery in high-resolution immersive display environments. We illustrate these principles through representative usage scenarios using Vera Rubin Observatory and Milky Way survey imagery deployed in room-scale immersive environments, including tiled high-resolution displays and curved immersive systems. Our goal is to contribute design insights that inform the development of immersive interaction paradigms for exploratory analysis of extreme-scale scientific imagery.
title Scale-Aware Navigation of Astronomical Survey Imagery Data on High Resolution Immersive Displays
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Graphics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17337