Title
Cost-benefit Analysis of Visualization in Virtual Environments.
Abstract
Visualization and virtual environments (VEs) have been two interconnected parallel strands in visual computing for decades. Some VEs have been purposely developed for visualization applications, while many visualization applications are exemplary showcases in general-purpose VEs. Because of the development and operation costs of VEs, the majority of visualization applications in practice have yet to benefit from the capacity of VEs. In this paper, we examine this status quo from an information-theoretic perspective. Our objectives are to conduct cost-benefit analysis on typical VE systems (including augmented and mixed reality, theater-based systems, and large powerwalls), to explain why some visualization applications benefit more from VEs than others, and to sketch out pathways for the future development of visualization applications in VEs. We support our theoretical propositions and analysis using theories and discoveries in the literature of cognitive sciences and the practical evidence reported in the literatures of visualization and VEs.
Year
Venue
Field
2018
arXiv: Human-Computer Interaction
Visual computing,Data visualization,Virtual reality,Status quo,Visualization,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Augmented reality,Human–computer interaction,Mixed reality,Sketch
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1802.09012
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Min Chen1129382.69
Kelly Gaither225929.80
Nigel W. John300.34
Brian McCann400.34