  Big data volume continues to grow at unprecedented rates. One of the key
features that makes big data valuable is the promise to find unknown patterns
or correlations that may be able to improve the quality of processes or
systems. Unfortunately, with the exponential growth in data, users often have
difficulty in visualizing the often-unstructured, non-homogeneous data coming
from a variety of sources. The recent growth in popularity of 3D printing has
ushered in a revolutionary way to interact with big data. Using a 3D printed
mockup up a physical or notional environment, one can display data on the
mockup to show real-time data patterns. In this poster and demonstration, we
describe the process of 3D printing and demonstrate an application of
displaying Twitter data on a 3D mockup of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) campus, known as LuminoCity.
