3D visualisations Should Not be Displayed Alone – Encouraging a Need for Multivocality in Visualisation
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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- https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.04680
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We believe that 3D visualisations should not be used alone; by coincidentally displaying alternative views the user can gain the best understanding of all situations. The different presentations signify manifold meanings and afford different tasks. Natural 3D worlds implicitly tell many stories. For instance, walking into a living room, seeing the TV, types of magazines, pictures on the wall, tells us much about the occupiers: their occupation, standards of living, taste in design, whether they have kids, and so on. How can we similarly create rich and diverse 3D visualisation presentations? How can we create visualisations that allow people to understand different stories from the data? In a multivariate 2D visualisation a developer may coordinate and link many views together to provide exploratory visualisation functionality. But how can this be achieved in 3D and in immersive visualisations? Different visualisation types, each have specific uses, and each has the potential to tell or evoke a different story. Through several use-cases, we discuss challenges of 3D visualisation, and present our argument for concurrent and coordinated visualisations of alternative styles, and encourage developers to consider using alternative representations with any 3D view, even if that view is displayed in a virtual, augmented or mixed reality setup.
Keywords
- Visualisation, 3D graphics, 3D visualisation, Information Visualisation, Virtual Reality, Extended Reality, Visual Analytics, Scientific Visualisation, Multivocality, Heritage visualisation, Multiple Views, Depth perception, Three dimensional graphics, Three dimensional visualisation, Multiple Coordinated Views, Heritage together, Oceanographic visualisation
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 9 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
Event | EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC): EGUK CGVC 2021 - Lincoln, United Kingdom Duration: 8 Sept 2021 → 10 Sept 2021 Conference number: 39 https://cgvc.org.uk/CGVC2021/ |
Conference
Conference | EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) |
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Abbreviated title | CGVC 2021 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Lincoln |
Period | 8/09/21 → 10/09/21 |
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Research outputs (16)
- Published
Personalised Authentic assessments with Synchronous Learning Activities: a Framework for Teaching Visualisation and Graphics
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
- Published
One view is not enough: review of and encouragement for multiple and alternative representations in 3D and immersive visualisation
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Special Issue on Visualization Teaching and Literacy : Guest editors' introduction
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Accolades (1)
Best Short Paper (the David Duce award) for: Towards Developing a Digital application for the Five Design-Sheets Methodology
Prize: National/international honour