My problem now is that real-time data may not be available because I can't find some data support.
The solution I'm thinking about right now is that I might be able to follow because I already have a map of night light pollution worldwide. Maybe I could use percentages or patterns to surround the hands of the audience to see the level of light pollution in their area in real-time.
Secondly, I also want to create some visual stimuli. For example, when the audience's hands move to the area with severe light pollution, the whole display area will flash a quick effect to stimulate the audience's eyes.
Finally, I can highlight some cities with serious light pollution in the world, such as London, Shanghai and New York. When audiences touch these cities, they can see some data, such as the level of light pollution, the causes of light pollution, and the effect of light pollution on the sky.
After a tutorial with Wesley, he agreed with my third solution. Still, Wesley felt that my presentation of information was a bit too limited. I could look beyond London, Shanghai and New York as the causes of light pollution in these cities may be So I should have identified the different light pollution factors and the cities represented. This way, the audience can also compare or explore the possibilities of light pollution.
The significant development I made on the project this week was that I conducted research based on Wesley's suggestions to try and find out more about the possibilities of the causes of light pollution. I did find out through some research that some areas such as the sparsely populated Loving country in the USA are particularly light-polluted due to shale oil extraction, or that some countries in Africa have large populations but do not have a lot of light at night to pollute the night sky due to their underdeveloped economies. I have chosen a few representative cities and listed them for use in my project.
According to the data obtained from the research and used in my work, they include areas with high levels of light pollution: Singapore, Kuwait, Loving country and Qatar, and areas with low levels of light pollution: The central African Republic, Niue and Ethiopia. They all have different causes of light pollution, and some of them can appear as clear opposites. I will discuss in my portfolio the reasons why I chose these cities.
Also this week I have created a beginning of the video for my project using the particle effect from Touchdesigner.
Useful links
This map shows an unlikely source of America's light pollution
The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness
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