Ideas for data storytelling
You
What do you care about?
The virtual reality community
What do you know about?
I know how much fun virtual reality truly can be.
What decisions do you face?
How I can convince more individuals they should try a VR headset.
Seven templates
Training Kit (https://learn.lambdaschool.com/ds/module/recedjanlbpqxic2r) explains the seven templates from Priceonomics.
Can you apply the templates to your topics?
- Geographic Variation
What countries in the world have access to Virtual Reality headsets?
- Trend related to the news
How does the news impact the buying and selling of new or used virtual reality headsets?
- Who does that?
the large majority of people who own and use Virtual Reality headsets include: 1) large corporations 2)nerds and computer geeks
- Answering a question people care about
What is Virtual Reality? (is the most popular question)
‘Virtual Reality (VR) is the full immersive 3D experience that the users receive with VR wearables. This computer generated environment is interacted by a person who either becomes part of this virtual world or is immersed within this environment and is capable of manipulating objects or performing a series of actions.’
Quote from: https://arvrtech.eu/blog/12-most-frequent-questions-about-virtual-reality-answered/
- Valuable to businesses
VR can be used in a wide variety of use cases such as:
‘professional training, architectural design, augmented reality anatomy, automobile virtual test drives, logistics and package delivery management, real estate virtual property tours, remote surgery, retail store virtual fitting rooms, and VR grid control.’
- What’s the most popular?
The Oculus rift cv1 is as of this post the most popular HMD to date. (I happen to use one)
- Cost/Money rankings
It can very depending on the experience you are looking for from 1000$ (New Valve Index) or more to 15$ for a google Cardboard.
Misconceptions
What misconceptions do people have about your topic?
The most common misconception I hear about VR is that it’s only for gamers.
Examples
What data storytelling example inspires you?
Who does in fact use VR headsets and why do so few people use them.
Could you do a new hypothesis, for the same question?
How could the community of VR Enthusiast join together and and show the world what VR Can Do.
Could you do a new question, for the same topic?
How does the press/news affect the sales of HMDs
Could you do a new topic, with the same “style”?
Data
Where could you search for data about your topic?
I will be using the steam hardware survey. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam
Ideas for data storytelling2
You
What do you care about?
helping individuals new to PC gaming build their first PCS
What do you know about?
I know the majority of information needed to assemble almost any PC within the last 12 years. (including istallation of Windows or Linux)
What decisions do you face?
I want to be able to show how much fun PC gaming can be.
Seven templates
Can you apply the templates to your topics?
- Geographic Variation
Most common locations on the globe where people play PC games
- Trend related to the news
How news and or press affect the buying and selling of video games.
- Who does that?
What sort of people play PC games?
- Answering a question people care about
Is PC gaming really that much better than console gaming
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Valuable to businesses
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What’s the most popular?
What combination of PC Hardware would get you the best Value?
- Cost/Money rankings
How popular are high-end graphics cards compared to mid-range graphics cards?
Misconceptions
What misconceptions do people have about your topic?
PC gaming is more expensive than console gaming.
Examples
What data storytelling example inspires you?
Trying to show people that there is more value to PC gaming then console gaming.
Could you do a new hypothesis, for the same question?
Is console gaming better than PC gaming
Could you do a new question, for the same topic?
Can PC gaming be cheaper than console gaming
Data
Where could you search for data about your topic?
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam