TY - GEN
T1 - Scale-Aware Navigation of Astronomical Survey Imagery Data on High Resolution Immersive Displays
AU - Nederlander, Ava
AU - Aamir, Zainab
AU - Kaufman, Arie E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2026 IEEE.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - astronomical visualization
KW - high-pixel displays
KW - Immersive visualization
KW - interaction design
KW - multi-scale navigation
KW - Reality Deck
KW - Vera Rubin Observatory
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038733616
U2 - 10.1109/VRW70859.2026.00046
DO - 10.1109/VRW70859.2026.00046
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105038733616
T3 - Proceedings - 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2026
SP - 214
EP - 217
BT - Proceedings - 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2026
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2026
Y2 - 21 March 2026 through 25 March 2026
ER -