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For example, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of
Mexico April 2010, which led to gallons of oil, in the hundreds of millions,
spilled into the ocean, The New York Times graphically reported several fac-
ets of the 3-month accident. This provided context for how the oil spill was
playing out, what was affected, and why the spill happened. Looking back
on the interactive series now, well after the initial spill, the graphics are still
informative and will be for years.
Note: See the in-depth interactive on the oil
spill by The New York Times at http://datafl.ws/254.
You can also find more of their work at
http://datafl.ws/2bd.
Digital Narratives , a project by Microsoft Research that
demonstrates their Rich Interactive Narratives (RIN) tech-
nology, experiments with combining various types of
media—video, audio, and text—with visualization that
users can interact with. The great thing about the project
is that an author can string media together and add a vocal component so
that a piece plays as a continuous narrative. A user can pause a narrative at
any time to interact with the visualization on the screen.
For example, as shown in Figure 2-15, an author might verbally describe a
visualization, and users can pause to interact with the visualization within the
FI G U R E 2-15 Digital Narratives (2011) by Microsoft Research, http://www.digitalnarratives.net/ a nd http://datal.ws/2be
 
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