Illustrative Deformation for Data Exploration

Abstract--Much of the visualization research has focused on improving the rendering quality and speed, and enhancing the perceptibility of features in the data. Recently, significant emphasis has been placed on focus+context (F+C) techniques (e.g., fisheye views and magnification lens) for data exploration in addition to viewing transformation and hierarchical navigation. However, most of the existing data exploration techniques rely on the manipulation of viewing attributes of the rendering system or optical attributes of the data objects, with users being passive viewers. In this paper, we propose a more active approach to data exploration, which attempts to mimic how we would explore data if we were able to hold it and interact with it in our hands. This involves allowing the users to physically or actively manipulate the geometry of a data object. While this approach has been traditionally used in applications, such as surgical simulation, where the original geometry of the data ob...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: VIS
• Authors: Carlos Correa, Deborah Silver, Min Chen
• Keywords: Data Exploration, Data Exploration Techniques, General Data Exploration, IEEE Visualization, VIS 2007, Visualization