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about the project
The following project is a visual-auditory data visualization created to simulate the birth and death rate in America. The US has the third-largest population, accounting for
4.27% of the world population. However, even though more than 11,000 babies are born a 7,000 people die every day, these numbers as pure statistics are sometimes hard to grasp.
Therefore, we wanted to create meaning out of the data by adding sound to create a sonic representation and a multi-sensory experience.
No two simulations will sound the same due to pitches being randomly generated at different intervals. As for the piano sounds, births have a higher pitch, while deaths create chord and are a lower octave. Ambient sounds such as water and cityscape noises are included for increased immersion. Take a deep breath, listen, and get immersed within the simulation.
According to the U.S. bureau, the average birth rate and death rate is 8 second per person and 11 second per person respectively. So we generated a Gaussian distribution to simulate the interval between 2 births or 2 deaths. Afterwards, we chose the location of each birth and death on the population of each county. The probability that this birth/death happens is calculated by the county’s population divided by the whole population of U.S. And that’s how our data is generated.
Milestone process