TY - GEN
T1 - Information-geometric lenses for multiple foci+contexts interfaces
AU - Nock, Richard
AU - Nielsen, Frank
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Focus+context
KW - Information geometry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890895988&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2542355.2542378
DO - 10.1145/2542355.2542378
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781450326292
T3 - SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013
BT - SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013
T2 - SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA 2013
Y2 - 19 November 2013 through 22 November 2013
ER -