Eldridge Alice
Creative Systems Laboratory, School of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK.
Artif Life. 2006 Spring;12(2):259-74. doi: 10.1162/106454606776073369.
Auditory displays have been successfully deployed to assist data visualization in many areas, but have as yet received little attention in the field of artificial life. This article presents an overview of existing design approaches to auditory display and highlights some of the key issues that are of practical relevance to the use of auditory displays in artificial life research. Examples from recent experiments are used to illustrate the importance of considering factors such as data characteristics, data-display mappings, perceptual interactions within and between display modalities, and user experience and training in designing new visualization tools. It is concluded that while further research is needed to develop generic design principles for auditory display, this should not stand in the way of exploration of bespoke designs for specific applications.
听觉显示已成功应用于许多领域以辅助数据可视化，但在人工生命领域却尚未受到太多关注。本文概述了现有的听觉显示设计方法，并强调了一些与在人工生命研究中使用听觉显示实际相关的关键问题。通过近期实验的例子来说明在设计新的可视化工具时考虑数据特征、数据与显示的映射、显示模态内部和之间的感知交互以及用户体验和培训等因素的重要性。结论是，虽然需要进一步研究以制定听觉显示的通用设计原则，但这不应妨碍为特定应用探索定制设计。
