Chapter 19. Information Control and Big Data Visualization

To some, the phrase Big Data results in a knowing nod. To others, a roll of the eyes. Regardless of your viewpoint or the hype, Big Data itself poses big problems, and big urgency, for businesses and organizations that need to harness complex datasets in a manner that brings about genuine, usable insights. In this chapter we explore several examples of how groups have leveraged the strengths of immersive virtual reality systems to gain increased understanding from large, often disparate pools of information.

What Is Big Data?

Our physical world contains an incomprehensible amount of digital information, and it is growing at an equally incomprehensible rate. The 2014 IDC/EMC Digital Universe ...

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