Information-geometric lenses for multiple foci+contexts interfaces

Richard Nock, Frank Nielsen

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Abstract

We present a new set of 2D/3D modeling and visualization techniques that build upon recent information geometric works, with desirable properties like seamless multiple foci+contexts abilities, several keeping of meaningful topological features and tangible shapes, and a very good Euclidean approximation near the focus, which make them reliable candidates to display (geographic) maps or pictures. We show that a slight modification of a popular fisheye view, namely Sarkar-Brown's, belongs to this set. We report on two experiments on 2D and 3D interfaces against contenders from hyperbolic geometry. It is a browsing task involving a real-world virtual library, whose map is a manifold learned from the traces of 60k+ users, and consisting of approximately 10k books. Observations and users' feedback suggest that information geometry makes a sound alternative to hyperbolic geometric approaches, and may help to craft appealing geometric focus+context interfaces tailored to specific displays or domains. 2013 Copyright held by the Owner/Author.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventSIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 19 Nov 201322 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameSIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013

Conference

ConferenceSIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period19/11/1322/11/13

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