Design and Evaluation of Interactive Small Multiples Data Visualisation in Immersive Spaces

Exploring Multiple and Coordinated Views for Multilayered Geospatial Data in Virtual Reality

“…With this work having shown the practicality of the stack system, and demonstrating its capacity for handling more data layers than other methods, future work could expand on that concept and go deeper into investigating more parameters about it. Features that were requested in the feedback we received during our implementation and the user study could be implemented and researched, as well as functionality adapted from other recent work, such as the "shelf" concept that was investigated in [28] (which can be approximated by creating multiple columns of our stack system) to create a hybrid between a grid and the dynamic stack system. Such a hybrid could aim at combining the advantages of all systems presented here, and be a better fit for data that can be grouped into columns, like seasonal data throughout multiple years.…”

“…A 2-by-3 grid (1) takes up similar vertical space as a the same layers all arranged vertically in a stack of tilted layers (2), but more horizontal space. Multiple stacks can be arranged side-by-side to form a hybrid between grid and stack-similar to the "shelves" proposed in [28], but with the stack system keeping each layer tilted to the same angle. (4) shows the full functionality of the two stacks side-by-side, keeping a constant distance and view angle for all layers, and (3) a reduction in functionality that constrains the layers to all face in the same direction.…”

“…However, urban environments have so far mostly been immersively explored only in 3D city models [26], or by adding data to one spatial layer [27]. Most recently, different spatial arrangements of small multiples for spatial and abstract data have been investigated in VR [28].…”

“…Conversely, in a grid of coplanar maps, the distances and angles for each map all differ from each other, resulting in differently distorted maps. The tracking and adjusting of tilt and distance is also a major differentiation from a static "shelf" of maps, which can be seen as a grid where each map lies flat instead of being upright, resulting in the same inconsistent distortion characteristics of each item [28]. A number of possible arrangements of the stack system and comparisons to a grid are shown and explained in Appendix A.…”

DataHop: Spatial Data Exploration in Virtual Reality

“…Current work in IA has harnessed users' spatial manipulation skills to edit visualizations [7], immerse one in their data [14], leverage 3D space to analyze high dimensional datasets, and create novel visualizations [6,23]. Within these environments, however, the user is not encouraged to actively make use of the large amount of space offered by the virtual environment.…”