Visualizing Motion Data in Virtual Reality: Understanding the Roles of Animation, Interaction, and Static Presentation
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2012
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The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Abstract
We present a study of interactive virtual reality visualizations of scientific motions as found in biomechanics experiments. Our approach is threefold. First, we define a taxonomy of motion visualizations organized by the method (animation, interaction, or static presentation) used to depict both the spatial and temporal dimensions of the data. Second, we design and implement a set of eight example visualizations suggested by the taxonomy and evaluate their utility in a quantitative user study. Third, together with biomechanics collaborators, we conduct a qualitative evaluation of the eight example visualizations applied to a current study of human spinal kinematics. Results suggest that visualizations in this style that use interactive control for the time dimension of the data are preferable to others. Within this category, quantitative results support the utility of both animated and interactive depictions for space; however, qualitative feedback suggest that animated depictions for space should be avoided in biomechanics applications.
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@article{10.1111:j.1467-8659.2012.03114.x,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{Visualizing Motion Data in Virtual Reality: Understanding the Roles of Animation, Interaction, and Static Presentation}},
author = {Coffey, Dane and Korsakov, Fedor and Ewert, Marcus and Hagh-Shenas, Heleh and Thorson, Lauren and Ellingson, Arin and Nuckley, David and Keefe, Daniel},
year = {2012},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03114.x}
}