Synthetic Visualizations in Web-based Mixed Reality
Abstract
The way we interact with computers is constantly evolving, with technologies like Mixed/Augmented Reality (MR/AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT) set to change our perception of informational and physical space. In parallel, interest for interacting with data in new ways is driving the investigation of the synergy of these domains with data visualization. We are seeking new ways to contextualize, visualize, interact-with and interpret our data. In this paper we present the notion of Synthetic Visualizations, which enable us to visualize in situ, data embedded in physical objects, using MR. We use a combination of established ‘markers’, such as Quick Response Codes (QR Codes) and Augmented Reality Markers (AR Markers), not only to register objects in physical space, but also to contain data to be visualized, and interchange the type of visualization to be used. We visualize said data in Mixed Reality (MR), using emerging web-technologies and open-standards.
P. D. Ritsos, J. Mearman, J. R. Jackson, and J. C. Roberts, “Synthetic Visualizations in Web-based Mixed Reality,” in Immersive Analytics: Exploring Future Visualization and Interaction Technologies for Data Analytics Workshop, IEEE Conference on Visualization (VIS), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2017.
Bibtex
@inproceedings{Ritsos-et-al-IAW-2017,
author = {Ritsos, Panagiotis D. and Mearman, Joseph and Jackson, James R. and Roberts, Jonathan C.},
title = {{Synthetic Visualizations in Web-based Mixed Reality}},
editor = {Bach, B. and Cordeil, M. and Dwyer, T. and Lee, B. and Saket, B. and Endert, A. and Collins, C and Carpendale, S.},
booktitle = {Immersive Analytics: Exploring Future Visualization and Interaction Technologies for Data Analytics Workshop, IEEE Conference on Visualization (VIS), Phoenix, Arizona, USA},
year = {2017},
month = oct
}
