School of Computer and Electronic Information/School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Bioinformatics. 2021 Aug 4;37(14):2033–2041. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab052. Epub 2021 Feb 4.
Narrative visualization for scientific data explorations can help users better understand the domain knowledge, because narrative visualizations often present a sequence of facts and observations linked together by a unifying theme or argument. Narrative visualization in immersive environments can provide users with an intuitive experience to interactively explore the scientific data, because immersive environments provide a brand new strategy for interactive scientific data visualization and exploration. However, it is challenging to develop narrative scientific visualization in immersive environments. In this paper, we propose an immersive narrative visualization tool to create and customize scientific data explorations for ordinary users with little knowledge about programming on scientific visualization, They are allowed to define POIs (point of interests) conveniently by the handler of an immersive device.
Automatic exploration animations with narrative annotations can be generated by the gradual transitions between consecutive POI pairs. Besides, interactive slicing can be also controlled by device handler. Evaluations including user study and case study are designed and conducted to show the usability and effectiveness of the proposed tool.
Related information can be accessed at: https://dabigtou.github.io/richenliu/.
科学数据探索的叙事可视化可以帮助用户更好地理解领域知识，因为叙事可视化通常呈现一系列通过统一主题或论点联系在一起的事实和观察。沉浸式环境中的叙事可视化可以为用户提供直观的体验，以交互式地探索科学数据，因为沉浸式环境为交互式科学数据可视化和探索提供了全新的策略。然而，在沉浸式环境中开发叙事科学可视化是具有挑战性的。在本文中，我们提出了一种沉浸式叙事可视化工具，允许对科学可视化知之甚少的普通用户创建和自定义科学数据探索，他们可以通过沉浸式设备的操纵器方便地定义兴趣点 (POI)。结果：通过连续 POI 对之间的逐渐过渡，可以生成具有叙事注释的自动探索动画。此外，还可以通过设备操纵器控制交互式切片。设计并进行了包括用户研究和案例研究在内的评估，以展示所提出工具的可用性和有效性。可用性：相关信息可访问：https://dabigtou.github.io/richenliu/。
