The path to accessible astronomy
summary
An augmented reality app called Astros now pulls catalog data from NASA, ESA and TESS, exposes exoplanet candidates through a celestial search telemetry interface and plays interactive sonified light curves so blind and sighted users can jointly inspect transits. The project implements stereo sonification of Gaussian distributions, histograms, 2D image scans and photometry across infrared to gamma, adds haptic and visual graphs, and proves the techniques with prototypes, podcasts with domain teams and tutor validation for scientific accuracy.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:30Recap
- 8:41Zoom out
- 9:01Gaussian column
- 11:43Histograms
- 17:53Matrix
- 18:30Black White
- 19:57Red Green
- 23:33Constellations
- 23:45Exoplanets
- 26:06Celestial Search
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