Immersive Visualization of Abstract Information: An Evaluation on Dimensionally-Reduced Data Scatterplots

@article{Wagner2018ImmersiveVO,
  title={Immersive Visualization of Abstract Information: An Evaluation on Dimensionally-Reduced Data Scatterplots},
  author={Jorge Wagner and Marina Fortes Rey and Carla Maria Dal Sasso Freitas and Luciana Porcher Nedel},
  journal={2018 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
  year={2018},
  pages={483-490}
}
  • Jorge WagnerM. F. Rey L. Nedel
  • Published 1 March 2018
  • Computer Science
  • 2018 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)
The use of novel displays and interaction resources to support immersive data visualization and improve analytical reasoning is a research trend in the information visualization community. [] Key Method This two-step framework offers a simple approach to estimate the benefits of using an immersive 3D setup for a particular dataset. Here, the DR errors for a series of roll call voting datasets when using two or three dimensions are evaluated through an empirical task-based approach. The perception error and…
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