The project is an installation that replicates different environmental conditions. It consists of a glass enclosure with bonsai tree and various electronics to create fog, wind, rain, and sunlight. The different elements that keep the plant alive are meant to symbolize the working relationships between employees at a company.

The physical simulation of weather events is well done and visually interesting. The overall display of the installation makes it easy for the user to see what is going on inside the piece. However, it seems to be a passive installation and would be more engaging if users could actually interact with it.

The project is a speaker in the form of a thundercloud. The cloud lights up, responding to to motion and sound. It is controlled by an Arduino and connects to speakers through Bluetooth.

The cloud itself seems well made and provides an interesting way of visualizing sound. It could be better if it also had some connection to actual weather information or interacted with the environment in some other way.

The project is a weather forecast that is projection mapped onto blocks of styrofoam. The forecast is updated in real time, showing sunrise/sunset, temperature, and wind direction and speed. The side of the box shows a list of cities that the user can choose from, to see the forecast for that area.

In general I like the idea of being able to access real time weather data from different locations. However this project doesn't seem to need projection mapping. The foam could be carved into different shapes that relate to the weather or a map in order to fit the concept better.

The project is an interactive installation that tracks users with a camera. It also uses green screen to place the users in a virtual environment. The camera tracks the user's body and creates different types of weather in the environment based on their movement.

Overall, this project is really fun, entertaining, and the technology is impressive. The most successful part of this project is that it truly engages the user and creates a fun experience for them. It is slightly disappointing that the installation doesn’t seem to provide any educational content for the user. It might be worth explaining to users how the different types of weather events are actually created.

The project is a transparent box that creates physical representations of the weather. The device can use the current location or it can be set to find the weather for another location. The project can replicate rain, lightning, and fog.

The simulated weather events seem very well done, especially the clouds. Also, the size and style of the work makes it appropriate for use in a person’s home. The downside to this project is that it doesn’t seem like it does anything unique in sunny or dry weather. It might be useful to include a small display to show temperature and other weather information that could benefit the user.

This project is an installation in the San Jose International Airport that uses polycarbonate tiles to simulate clouds. The tiles can change to be transparent or opaque and are updated with real time weather data to simulate weather conditions throughout the world. The installation also includes a large kiosk that shows passersby the location and weather conditions that the installation is currently simulating.

The use of panels with changing opacity is interesting and unique. The cloud itself is a bridge between art and data visualization. The display is a great complement to the artistic data visualization of the sculpture since it provides hard data to users.

Various sensors including light, sound, humidity, and temperature are located in various locations surrounding the installation. This data is then used to create visualizations and sounds as part of the installation. This piece can also be experienced online.

The use of different types of sensors throughout an environment is unique and makes the project more customizable as compared to just bringing in data from the web. However, the visualizations could be more visually interesting with better aesthetic choices.

This project uses current ocean data from the buoy data station closest to the project’s current location. A speaker beneath a bowl of water creates sound waves based on the data it receives. These sound waves then create waves within the bowl. A camera records the waves in the bowl of water. This video is projected onto a screen in the installation.

The ocean data is replicated in an interesting way with the speaker and water. The project is also unique in that it takes the visualization even further by using a projector to create another way of experiencing the project.

While the project is interesting, I think the overall installation seems very basic. The projection could be more engaging if it were bigger.

This project recreates a thunderstorm as part of an ad campaign for Talisker Whiskey. The installation consists of clouds that hang from a structure above the user. The main cloud contains devices to create the storm effects including rain, thunder, and lightning. Users can chose the intensity of the storm that they want to experience, the work then replicates that level of storm.

Overall the project seems to recreate a thunderstorm realistically which is impressive. It also seems to get a lot of attention from users because of its realism. Overall, the project is successful in that it fulfills the ad campaign’s mission to bring attention to Talisker Whiskey. However, it only creates rain storms and only offers users a few options for customizing the experience.

This project displays real time weather data based on where the user stands on a map of the world. A kinect is used to determine the user's location. A projection then displays a visualization of weather for that area using a weather API.

The use of body tracking to determine the map location is an interesting way of engaging the user. The visualization is also interesting, however it is relatively abstract, making it less accessible to different audiences such as children.