A Design Space for Visualization Transitions of 3D Spatial Data in Hybrid AR-Desktop Environments

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lu, Yucheng, Rau, Tobias, Lee, Benjamin, Köhn, Andreas, Sedlmair, Michael, Sandor, Christian, Isenberg, Tobias
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2025
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866918388669874176
author Lu, Yucheng
Rau, Tobias
Lee, Benjamin
Köhn, Andreas
Sedlmair, Michael
Sandor, Christian
Isenberg, Tobias
author_facet Lu, Yucheng
Rau, Tobias
Lee, Benjamin
Köhn, Andreas
Sedlmair, Michael
Sandor, Christian
Isenberg, Tobias
contents We present a design space for animated transitions of the appearance of 3D spatial datasets in a hybrid Augmented Reality (AR)-desktop context. Such hybrid interfaces combine both traditional and immersive displays to facilitate the exploration of 2D and 3D data representations in the environment in which they are best displayed. One key aspect is to introduce transitional animations that change between the different dimensionalities to illustrate the connection between the different representations and to reduce the potential cognitive load on the user. The specific transitions to be used depend on the type of data, the needs of the application domain, and other factors. We summarize these as a transition design space to simplify the decision-making process and provide inspiration for future designs. First, we discuss 3D visualizations from a spatial perspective: a spatial encoding pipeline, where 3D data sampled from the physical world goes through various transformations, being mapped to visual representations, and then being integrated into a hybrid AR-desktop environment. The transition design then focuses on interpolating between two spatial encoding pipelines to provide a smooth experience. To illustrate the use of our design space, we apply it to three case studies that focus on applications in astronomy, radiology, and chemistry; we then discuss lessons learned from these applications.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2506_22250
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A Design Space for Visualization Transitions of 3D Spatial Data in Hybrid AR-Desktop Environments
Lu, Yucheng
Rau, Tobias
Lee, Benjamin
Köhn, Andreas
Sedlmair, Michael
Sandor, Christian
Isenberg, Tobias
Graphics
We present a design space for animated transitions of the appearance of 3D spatial datasets in a hybrid Augmented Reality (AR)-desktop context. Such hybrid interfaces combine both traditional and immersive displays to facilitate the exploration of 2D and 3D data representations in the environment in which they are best displayed. One key aspect is to introduce transitional animations that change between the different dimensionalities to illustrate the connection between the different representations and to reduce the potential cognitive load on the user. The specific transitions to be used depend on the type of data, the needs of the application domain, and other factors. We summarize these as a transition design space to simplify the decision-making process and provide inspiration for future designs. First, we discuss 3D visualizations from a spatial perspective: a spatial encoding pipeline, where 3D data sampled from the physical world goes through various transformations, being mapped to visual representations, and then being integrated into a hybrid AR-desktop environment. The transition design then focuses on interpolating between two spatial encoding pipelines to provide a smooth experience. To illustrate the use of our design space, we apply it to three case studies that focus on applications in astronomy, radiology, and chemistry; we then discuss lessons learned from these applications.
title A Design Space for Visualization Transitions of 3D Spatial Data in Hybrid AR-Desktop Environments
topic Graphics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22250