CG&A Visualization Beyond the Desktop The Next Big Thing Jonathan C. Roberts • Bangor University {[email protected]} Panagiotis D. Ritsos • University of Chester {[email protected]} Sriram K. Badam • University of Maryland {[email protected]} Dominique Brodbeck • FHNW {[email protected]} Jessie Kennedy • Edinburgh Napier University {[email protected]} Niklas Elmqvist • University of Maryland {[email protected]} Panos Karthik
Data-to-Human… Data Data Mapping Machine Presentation Technologies Interface Technologies These representations are depicted through various technologies, which in turn allow some form of interaction with the data
Data-to-Human… Data Data Mapping Machine Presentation Technologies Interface Technologies Interaction Human Proprioception Physical senses Semiotics Awareness Meaning Perception Cognition Through interaction, our senses and cognitive processes we feel, interpret and understand data
Data-to-Human… Place (space with context) Data Data Mapping Machine Presentation Technologies Interface Technologies Interaction Human Proprioception Physical senses Semiotics Awareness Meaning Perception Cognition All this occurs in a particular place, a space with context.
Casual Visualization • Pervasive input and/or output • “Visual displays everywhere” Pousman et al. 2007: Casual InfoVis Harrison 2010: Appropriated Interaction Surfaces Hasan et al. 2013: Leveraging around device space
Mobile Visualization Miniaturization vs. human factors Flexible visual representations Razip et al. 2014: Mobile Visual Analytics for Law Enforcement Sadana and Stasko 2014: Scatterplot Visualization for Tablets Baur et al. 2012: Multi-Touch Manipulation for Hierarchical Stacked Graphs
Web Visualization • Achieve ubiquity • Support collaboration. Bostock et al. 2011: D3 Viégas et al. 2007: Many Eyes North et al. 2015: Collaborative Visual Analysis with RCloud
Dedicated Visualization Spaces • Multiple input and display modalities • Advanced post-WIMP interaction • Support collaboration Amatriain et al. 2007: AlloSphere Jakobsen et al. 2013: InfoVis and Proxemics Kim et al. 2012: Mixed-Presence Collaborative Visualization
Roadmap to the Future Physical Environment Mixed Reality Virtual Environment Towards Physical Towards Virtual Fluid Interaction Transparency Integrated Sensory Modalities
Transparency Roadmap to the future Leveraging visualization to surround ourselves with information, seamlessly integrated in our environment Sketch by Andrei State – Source: http://web.media.mit.edu/~raskar/UNC/Office/
Towards Mixed Reality MR Source: http://curiousraven.com/future-vision Source: http://curiousraven.com/future-vision Barba et al. 2012: Here We Are! Where Are We? Locating Mixed Reality in The Age of the Smartphone Vision Perception Space Place
Conclusions An exciting time for Visualization and HCI research. Visualization for everyday use -> increased adoption rate of novel interaction tech New modalities -> new opportunities and challenges for visualization. Embrace novel interaction technologies for visualization, step away from our desktops
Thank you! This research resulted from the Schloss Dagstuhl seminar on information visualization (seminar 10241). We thank Andreas Kerren, Catherine Plaisant, and John Stasko for their help and encouragement. Most icons by @ritsos_p Virtual interface by caba kosmotesto doodle by Kyle Tezak interactive by Piotrek Chuchla Navigation by Alex Tai @ritsos_p @karthik_badam from the Noun Project