Tracking the imperceptible: Designs to visualise time dilation

Buzzo, Daniel; Jonas, David

Abstract

In our project we developed TimeTravel, a design for visualising personal time dilation. Time dilation is the effect on time that movement in space produces. Predicted by Einstein’s Special theory of relativity (1905) and verified by practical experiment such as the famous Haffele-Keating experiment of 1972 [3], time dilation affects all things in motion and is even included in the calculations for GPS receivers.

Our project developed an application for wearable devices that visualises the imperceptible effects of time dilation on a user’s everyday activities in an easy to understand, meaningful way. We used the development to consider what happens when we attempt to visualise the imperceptible.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
• Start Date: May 7, 2016
• End Date: May 12, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Nov 19, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 4, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 4, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: visualisation, time, time dilation, interaction design, wearable devices
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/917394
• Publisher URL: https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
• Contract Date: Jul 4, 2016