Analysing Audience Response to Performing Events: A Web Platform for Interactive Exploration of Physiological Sensor Data

This paper presents a web interface for the exploration of audience response to a performing arts event. The platform temporally synchronises data obtained from physiological sensors with video recordings. More concretely, it is geared towards people from the creative industry, e.g. theatre directors, who want to gain deeper insights into how audiences perceive their performances. The platform takes the raw data from sensors and corresponding video recordings and visualises both synchronised in a more digestible manner. This document presents the major features of the application and explains the reasoning behind its various visualisations and interactive capabilities and how it can benefit performing artists.