Seraji Mohammad Rajabi, Piray Parastoo, Zahednejad Vahid, Stuerzlinger Wolfgang
IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2024 May;30(5):2613-2623. doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3372129. Epub 2024 Apr 19.
Recent work in immersive analytics suggests benefits for systems that support work across both 2D and 3D data visualizations, i.e., cross-virtuality analytics systems. Here, we introduce HybridAxes, an immersive visual analytics system that enables users to conduct their analysis either in 2D on desktop monitors or in 3D within an immersive AR environment - while enabling them to seamlessly switch and transfer their graphs between modes. Our user study results show that the cross-virtuality sub-systems in HybridAxes complement each other well in helping the users in their data-understanding journey. We show that users preferred using the AR component for exploring the data, while they used the desktop to work on more detail-intensive tasks. Despite encountering some minor challenges in switching between the two virtuality modes, users consistently rated the whole system as highly engaging, user-friendly, and helpful in streamlining their analytics processes. Finally, we present suggestions for designers of cross-virtuality visual analytics systems and identify avenues for future work.
近期在沉浸式分析领域的工作表明，支持二维和三维数据可视化工作的系统（即跨虚拟分析系统）具有诸多优势。在此，我们介绍HybridAxes，这是一种沉浸式视觉分析系统，它能让用户在桌面显示器上以二维方式进行分析，或者在沉浸式增强现实（AR）环境中以三维方式进行分析，同时还能让他们在不同模式之间无缝切换和转移图表。我们的用户研究结果表明，HybridAxes中的跨虚拟子系统在帮助用户理解数据的过程中能很好地相互补充。我们发现，用户更喜欢使用AR组件来探索数据，而使用桌面进行更注重细节的任务。尽管在两种虚拟模式之间切换时遇到了一些小挑战，但用户始终对整个系统给予高度评价，认为它引人入胜、用户友好且有助于简化分析流程。最后，我们为跨虚拟视觉分析系统的设计者提出了建议，并确定了未来工作的方向。
