SphereViz - Data Exploration in a Virtual Reality Environment

Abstract

We present SphereViz, a novel 3D user interface for the visual exploration of multi-dimensional data sets in virtual reality environments. SphereViz builds on known visualization and search concepts like RadViz and RelevanceSphere. It combines them with 3D-interaction techniques like World in Miniature for projection in virtual environments. A prototype implementation of SphereViz allows to study, on one hand, the visualization methods of images in 3D space, and on the other hand, intuitive search methods and adequate interaction techniques.