TY  - THES
A1  - Carvalho Daher, Cesar Felipe
T1  - Horoskopos: a virtual planetarium for astrology
N2  - This report details the development of Horoskopos, a virtual planetarium for astrology. This project was an attempt to develop a learning tool for studying astrological concepts as connected to observational astronomy. The premise that astrology and observational astronomy were once inseparable from each other in ancient times guided the conceptualization of this tool as an interactive planetarium. The main references were existing software and applications for visualization in astrology and astronomy. Professional astrology teachers were consulted in order to understand better the state of astrological teaching and learning, as well as existing tools and practice. Horoskopos was built using the Unity3D development interface, which is based on the C# programming language. It also relied on the Swiss Ephemeris coding interface from Astrodienst. The development process was experimental and many of the needed skills were developed as needed. Usability tests were performed as new features were added to the interface. The final version of Horoskopos is fully usable, with many interactive visualization features and a defined visual identity. It was validated together with professional astrologers for its effectiveness in concept and visualization.
KW  - Mediendesign
KW  - Astrologie
KW  - Astronomie
KW  - Planetarium
KW  - Information design
KW  - Interaction design
KW  - Astrology
KW  - Observational astronomy
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://e-pub.uni-weimar.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4718
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220930-47181
ER  -