The Vision Thing as Sensing the Essence

Since posting a blog on The Master Algorithm book, I have been daydreaming about how immersive data worlds would visualize a next-gen machine learning algorithm searching for a cure for cancer. The problem is two-fold. First, we need to comprehend its logic through...

Immersive Analogy: Peru versus Kindle

WSJ today bought this image to my attention. It is an advertisement for Amazon Kindle, highlighting its mobility. The message is… You can immerse yourself in an ebook anywhere in the world. This situation is a competition between Cusco in Peru and Amazon Kindle...

IA Radar – Mary Lou Jepsen

In WSJ Tech section, I caught the article about Mary Lou Jepsen leaving Facebook Oculus VR division as the head of display technology to pursue medical technology that will cure diseases with new imaging technology. Either there was a big blow-up with her boss, or she...

Silent Giants of Immersive Analytics

Behind the scenes, quietly working are graphics processing unit (GPU) boards churning out pixels and, more recently, generating analytical results. These boards are the silent giants that support all kinds of immersive environments. This week Nvidia announced a new...

The Master Algorithm and Immersive Analytics

The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos [1] is easily misjudged. The book is not an introductory text in data science since beginners will not be able to follow the author’s reasoning. Further, the book is also not for the faint hearted or the weak minded in data...