We asked how visual similarity relationships affect search guidance to categorically defined targets (no visual preview). Experiment 1 used a web-based task to collect visual similarity rankings between two target categories, teddy bears and butterflies, and random-category objects, from which we created search displays in Experiment 2 having either high-similarity distractors, low-similarity d...

Guidance has been proposed as a conceptual framework to understand how mixed-initiative visual analytics approaches can actively support users they solve analytical tasks. While user tasks received fair share of attention, it is still not completely clear could be supported with guidance and such influence the progress task itself. Our observation that there research gap in understanding effect...

Mixed reality, as an approach in human-computer interaction, is often implicitly tied to particular implementation techniques (e.g., see-through device) and modalities (e.g., visual, graphical displays). In this paper we attempt to clarify the definition of mixed reality as a more abstract concept of combining the real and virtual worlds – that is, mixed reality is not a given technology but a ...

Gaspard is a visual programming environment devoted to the development and control of scientific parallel applications. The two paradigms of parallel programming (task and data parallelism) are mixed in Gaspard: a hierarchy of task graphs operates on array flows. These two levels are mixed in a common metaphor. An application is designed as a printed circuit: the programmer specifies tasks as b...

In this paper we introduce the Crayon Co-Create (CCreate) drawing tool as a mixed-initiative design approach for fostering the creativity of young learners. CCreate follows the principles of mixed-initiative iterative design utilizing variants of novelty search for generating abstract drawings that act as a visual disruptor during the creation process. The authoring tool finds a multitude of us...

abstraction shigeo fokuada is one of the geniuses of contemporary graphic designers of japan. he was born in tokyo in 1932. after finishing his studies in national university of fine arts & music (1956), he worked in many fields of professional graphic design and his poster designs gained world reputation. he as a representative of avant-garde graphic design, with increasing international atten...

Creating accurate 3D representations of the world from 2D retinal images is a fundamental task for the visual system. However, the reliability of different 3D visual signals depends inherently on viewing geometry, such as how much an object is slanted in depth. Human perceptual studies have correspondingly shown that texture and binocular disparity cues for object orientation are combined accor...

BACKGROUND/AIM We aimed to compare the results of WaveLight Allegretto Wave Eye-Q 400 Hz and Technolas 217z100 excimer lasers in the treatment of mixed astigmatism. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-nine patients who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis for mixed astigmatism were included in this retrospective study. Twenty-eight eyes of 21 patients were treated with WaveLight and 46 eyes of 28 p...