M. König, Joachim Böttger, O. Deussen, T. Strothotte
{"title":"A volumetric approach to visualize holographic reconstructions","authors":"M. König, Joachim Böttger, O. Deussen, T. Strothotte","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781538","url":null,"abstract":"In synthetic holography, the emphasis has been on numerical simulation methods for the recording and reconstruction processes, but methods to visualize the calculated results are yet underdeveloped. We show how volume slicing and volume rendering using a threshold for translucency can be applied to synthetic holography. Results of the three-dimensional visualization of the reconstruction are presented, thereby illustrating the usefulness of the threshold operator.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126445808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual reality and augmented reality as a training tool for assembly tasks","authors":"A. Boud, D. Haniff, Chris Baber, S. J. Steiner","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781532","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we investigate whether virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) offer potential for the training of manual skills, such as for assembly tasks, in comparison to conventional media. We present results from experiments that compare assembly completion times for a number of different conditions. We firstly investigate completion times for a task where participants can study an engineering drawing and an assembly plan and then conduct the task. We then investigate the task under various VR conditions and context-free AR. We discuss the relative advantages and limitations of using VR and AR as training media for investigating assembly operations, and we present the results of our experimental work.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120912916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting the life-cycle of multimedia and visualization using distributed performance support systems","authors":"D. Bouchlaghem, N. Beacham, W. Sher","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781612","url":null,"abstract":"UK Higher Education Institutions have invested significantly in the implementation of multimedia and visualization material in teaching, learning and assessment of civil and building engineering-with mixed results. The paper focuses on the use and life cycle of digital imagery and visualization material, which is embedded within multimedia teaching aids to improve student understanding. It describes ways in which these materials are developed and used in the civil and building engineering curriculum and, in particular, how distributed performance support systems can be applied to make more effective use of digital imagery and visualization material. Following this, the paper then describes how a distributed performance support system approach to education is being adopted at Loughborough University as part of the CAL-Visual project. After highlighting the main aims and objectives of the project, the paper concludes by discussing some of the issues encountered during the design and implementation of a distributed performance support system.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131143713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PosadaSpace: a skeletal fine art virtual environment","authors":"Mike Mosher, T. McFadden","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781606","url":null,"abstract":"The 1998 artwork PosadaSpace is a virtual world exhibited in a decorated computer kiosk. The authors built it around the historic cartoon imagery of Jose Guadalupe Posada (and some other Mexican art). Its aim is to investigate the appeal and narrative power of simple 2D sprites in defining and populating an interactive 3D world.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115238133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Display models for visualization","authors":"Jonathan C. Roberts","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781559","url":null,"abstract":"Models for visualization are important, helping the developer and user to understand the visualization process; to follow the connections and the data paths through the system; and to reference and compare the functionality and the limitations of different systems or techniques. Display models specifically classify the data by what type of output can be created. Bertin, J. (1962) described a symbolic reference model that he used to describe images and displays. We review his and other 'display orientated models' describing important aspects of these methods and ideas. We then translate Bertin's scheme into an algebraic form as a method to describe visualizations.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114984991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smooth rational motion of a rigid triangle in R/sup 3/","authors":"Farzana S. Chaudhry, S. A. Cameron","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781550","url":null,"abstract":"Using rational motions it is possible to apply many fundamental Bezier spline (or B-spline) techniques to the designs of motion. The paper develops and tests a simple automatic algorithm for representing C/sup 1/ smooth motion of a rigid triangle /spl Delta/ in R/sup 3/, by means of piecewise parametric rational curves of degree 2m/2m for some m, when measurements of the positions of the vertices of the triangle /spl Delta/ at a sequence of times t/sub i/, i=0, 1, ..., n, in R/sup 3/ are given. The method presented in the paper can be applied to various problems in computer animation as well as in robotics.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128941023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fast 3D visualization of road product models","authors":"A. Tibaut, B. Kaucic, D. Rebolj","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781614","url":null,"abstract":"Due to its monolithic nature, 3D visualization software integrated with legacy engineering applications contain every possible feature you might use-whether or not a user really wants them. With the advent of distributed objects and interpreted platform-independent languages such as Java and VRML it is possible to develop cross-platform portable 3D visualization software as components that work in an easy-to-use manner. Adopting these advances, fast 3D visualization can considerably simplify the job of maintaining the life cycle of a road integrated within an agreed road product model. The paper aims to introduce new levels of support to engineers throughout the integrated product life cycle by dealing with issues such as fast platform-independent 3D visualization and product modelling using roads as an example.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116552070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends in information visualisation in construction","authors":"G. Aouad","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781617","url":null,"abstract":"It is widely recognised that construction is an information intensive and complex industry. Traditional computational techniques have failed because of the shear number of information interfaces and complex relationships. Modern visual technologies can resolve many of these problems by providing construction professionals with 3 dimensional information interfaces that allow them to use the visual model (3D, VR, etc.) as the medium for communication, interaction, and integration. The paper looks at trends and predictions within the construction sector for technologies such as visualisation through CAD and VR. It then presents an improved model for information interfacing through VR capabilities. The information interface model is a Web based one, developed to provide opportunities for many construction professionals across the supply chain using open technologies such as the Internet. The paper demonstrates that information visualisation is of importance and can be used by every participant within the construction sector including clients, contractors, cost estimators, project planners, and others. The paper concludes with a series of screen snap shots resulting from state of the art research on information visualisation and interfaces being conducted at the University of Salford (UK). Salford is bringing together visualisation, object oriented and Web technologies to solve the problems associated with construction information integration and communication. The paper provides an overview of this research which will help many interested parties understand how these technologies can work together.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127735818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data and metadata for finding and reminding","authors":"James Gheel, T. Anderson","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781594","url":null,"abstract":"The paper discusses the benefits of using document metadata that exists as part of the document and which is also generated by its use, to assist users in retrieving the document and remembering what it contains. By extracting valuable descriptive information from a document, and analysing what a user does, such as the files they open, when they are used and for how long, a repository of information can be built up to help users with the tasks of finding and reminding. Since such a vast quantity of raw metadata can be acquired, visualisation is needed to elicit meaning from it.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"2015 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127773456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visualisation of massive retrieved newsfeeds in interactive 3D","authors":"Adrian M. Rossi, M. Varga","doi":"10.1109/IV.1999.781528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.1999.781528","url":null,"abstract":"This report describes work carried out under the Automatic Information Retrieval project at DERA, in building a 4D landscape (a TextScape) which acts as a graphical user interface (GUI) to the DERA-OKAPI search engine. Traditionally search engines present a 2D visual interface (usually a windows-icons-menus-pointer (WIMP) interface) to the user. Key words are entered and the 'hits' are displayed usually in a list form. Unfortunately, the number of documents retrieved is often overwhelming and a significant amount of time is still required to read abstracts and sections of documents in order to determine if they are relevant, even after the search engine has performed relevance ranking. The challenge is how to improve on this. We propose to render the information most immediately required onto the visual attributes of a 3D landscape. Shape, colour and size can then project the information that is sought, and mining the object hierarchy visually returns information more rapidly.","PeriodicalId":340240,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization (Cat. No. PR00210)","volume":"177 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121299024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}