Investigating the mapping of vast scales and immense ranges of phenomena to the human body in order to enable better understanding of the Universe is a worthy challenge for interactive design. How can we communicate astrophysical science with its physical units that fall far outside of our everyday planetary experience? Through interactive guided sessions with scientific visualizations that are mapped to the body we can access these cosmic scales in strongly physical, immersive and interactive ways, and the various sensory motor methods we utilize to present cosmic spatial and temporal data can help people more naturally extend their understanding. The processes and examples I will present were developed for both outreach and research, for facilitating public talks on scientific visualization and for advancing the use of immersive and interactive techniques and tools within the planetarium community whose major role is to open up natural experience to the Universe.
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