Graphical User Interfaces for Multi-Touch Displays supporting Public Exploration and Guided Storytelling of Astronomical Visualizations

Abstract: This report presents the development and implementation of a graphical user interface (GUI) for multi-touch displays as well as an application programming interface (API) for guided storytelling of astronomical visualizations. The GUI and the API is built using web technologies and the GUI is rendered in an OpenGL environment. The API is meant to provide the infrastructure needed to create different stories for the public, based on astronomical data. Both the resulting GUI and the API is developed such that it can be further developed and customized for different purposes.