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Solar System Sonification: Exploring Earth and its Neighbors Through Sound
Solar System Sonification: Exploring Earth and its Neighbors Through Sound
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Tomlinson, Brianna J.
Winters, R. Michael
Latina, Christopher
Bhat, Smruthi
Rane, Milap
Walker, Bruce N.
Winters, R. Michael
Latina, Christopher
Bhat, Smruthi
Rane, Milap
Walker, Bruce N.
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Abstract
Informal learning environments (ILEs) like museums incorporate
multi-modal displays into their exhibits as a way to engage a wider
group of visitors, often relying on tactile, audio, and visual means
to accomplish this. Planetariums, however, represent one type of
ILE where a single, highly visual presentation modality is used to
entertain, inform, and engage a large group of users in a passive
viewing experience. Recently, auditory displays have been used
as a supplement or even an alternative to visual presentation of astronomy
concepts, though there has been little evaluation of those
displays. Here, we designed an auditory model of the solar system
and created a planetarium show, which was later presented at
a local science center. Attendees evaluated the performance on
helpfulness, interest, pleasantness, understandability, and relatability
of the sounds mappings. Overall, attendees rated the solar
system and planetary details very highly, in addition to providing
open-ended responses about their entire experience.
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2017-06
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