Different levels of 3D: An evaluation of visualized discrete spatiotemporal data in space-time cubes

Summary) New technologies and techniques allow novel kinds of visualizations and different types of 3D visualizations are constantly developed. We propose a categorization of 3D visualizations and, based on this categorization, evaluate two versions of a space-time cube that show discrete spatiotemporal data. The two visualization techniques used are a headtracked stereoscopic visualization ('strong 3D') and a static monocular visualization ('weak 3D'). In terms of effectiveness and efficiency the weak 3D visualization is as good as the strong 3D and thus the need for advanced 3D visualizations in these kinds of tasks may not be necessary. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Indexing (document details) Subjects: 3-D graphics, Technological change, Visualization, Studies Classification Codes 2600, 5200, 9130 Author(s): Andreas Kjellin, Lars Winkler Pettersson, Stefan Seipel, Mats Lind Document types: Feature Publication title: Information Visualization. Houndmills: Summer 2010. Vol. 9, Iss. 2; pg. 152, 13 pgs Source type: Periodical ISSN: 14738716 ProQuest document ID: 2034475201 Text Word Count 7347 DOI: 10.1057/ivs.2009.8 Document URL: http://ezp1.harvard.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/pq dweb? did=2034475201&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=18857&RQT=309&VName =PQD Copyright © 2011 ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved.