Assistant Professor Siobhan Rockcastle recently travelled to TU Delft to present her paper, titled ‘OCUVIS: A Web-Based Visualizer for Simulated Daylight Performance’ at the 2018 SimAUD conference. Siobhan was also a Scientific Chair and organizer for the conference, chaired a special session on ‘The Centrality of the User,’ and led a workshop titled ‘Simulating Circadian Effects’ with researchers from TU Berlin, EPFL, and Solemma. The abstract for her paper, authored with Maria Amundadottir & Marilyne Andersen, is included below.
Abstract:
This paper introduces an interactive web-based visualizer for multi-metric daylight simulation results, named OCUVIS. It is able to display simulation-based results for a diverse range of ocular human-centric metrics such as non-visual health potential (nvRD), daylight-related visual interest (mSC5) and visual comfort (DGP with Ev), as well as horizontal illumination metrics such as spatial Daylight Autonomy (sDA), Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE) and Daylight Factor (DF)). To provide a holistic representation of performance across a multi-directional field-of-view, OCUVIS creates an interactive visualization of results over time and across space, linking temporal and 3D graphics. This allows the user to explore the impacts of dynamic sky conditions, view position, view direction and program use on localized and building scale performance. OCUVIS bridges the gap between human and building-scale daylight potential to offer a more holistic and intuitive representation of daylight performance in buildings.