Dao's InfoViz pointers

KeyWord(s) : information visualization

Related topic(s) :

• Visualization of sound, beat & music

Definitions of InfoViz

• from the VVRG

InfoViz On-Line Ressources

• information visualization @ Google (web search engine)

• Information Visualization Resources on the Web

• Information Visualization Bibliography by Tamara Munzer

  Large InfoViz bibliographical ressource page.

• Atlas of Cyberspaces

  Maps and representations of cyberspace (conceptual, artistic, geographic, etc.)

• Web Page design for designers

  WPDFD is a site about designing for the World Wide Web, with a particular emphasis on graphic design and content rather than on technology.

InfoViz related Conferences

• IEEE Visualization '96 Home Page (archives)

• IEEE Visualization '97 Home Page (archives)

• IEEE Visualization '98 Home Page (archives)

InfoViz Projects

• The Opte project - Mapping the Internet in a single day

• Cyber Geography Research(geography of cyberspace directory)

• WEBSOM - Self-Organizing Maps for Internet Exploration

• Cyberspace geography visualization

• Visualizing the Information Space of Hypermedia Systems

• On-line Library of Information Visualization Environments

• Text Visualization using Implicit Surfaces by Randall Rohrer

• WebPath - A Three Dimensional Web History

• Learning through Collaborative Visualization (CoVis) Project

• Spatial metaphors for browsing large data archives by Sara Fabrikant

• A spatial language for the design of digital information places by Susan H. Tanney

• Kinetic Typography by Suguru Ishizaki

  When "text is no longer limited to static forms in digital communication."

• City of News by Flavia Sparacino

  City of News is an immersive 3D web browser City of News is a dynamically growing urban landscape of information. It is an immersive, interactive, web browser that takes advantage of people's strength remembering the surrounding three-dimensional spatial layout.

• PAD by New York University - Media Reserach Lab

  Zooming (in/out) information interface, java demo available.

• New User Interfaces :

  Products: Win3D, a downloadable 3D Interface for Windows, Ububu (Web and PC navigation)

  See also: Microsoft's UI Lab IBM's User Group

  Giving PCs a New Dimension (Wired article, 26/5/2000)

• To Search is Great, to Find is Greater: a Study of Visualisation Tools for the Web

• Visual Impairment, Virtual Reality and Visualisation

  The aim of our research is to design, build and test a usable Virtual Environment (VE) for visualisation for blind people. This will involve the use of force-feedback and three-dimensional (3D) sonified data.

Teams working on InfoViz

• NASA's HumanFactors: Research and Technology

  The Human Factors Research and Technology Division supports human-centered design in complex aerospace information systems using experiments and models of human capabilities and human-machine interaction to enhance system safety, reliability and performance.

• Universität Kaiserslautern - AG ComputerGraphik und CAGD

• Data Analysis Group

  The purpose of the NAS Data Analysis Group is to research and apply advances in information systems technology to aid in the understanding of complex scientific data.

• Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center

• Visualization and Virtual Reality Group (VVRG)

  The Visualization and Virtual Reality Group (VVRG) conducts research in visualization and virtual environment technologies in order to demonstrate the utility and feasibility of visual displays of information to industry and government.

• Information Technology Lab.

• Structural Informatics Group

  The University of Washington Structural Informatics Group is an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, engineers and biologists, with emphasis on the development of methods for representing, managing, visualizing and utilizing information about the physical organization of the body.

• Electronic Visualisation Laboratory

  EVL is a graduate research laboratory specializing in virtual reality and real-time interactive computer graphics; it is a joint effort of UIC's College of Engineering and School of Art and Design, and represents the oldest formal collaboration between engineering and art in the country offering graduate degrees to those specializing in visualization.

• Macrofocus (Brodbeck and Girardin)

  Company for interactive visualization tools, including free City'O'Scope

Cognitive Psychology & Neuroscience stuff related to InfoViz

• Brian Wandell, Stanford University

  On this page you'll find (with a little browsing) papers on Color Vision, Neuroimaging and other hard neuro stuff. Check out the Useful numbers in Vision Science page.

• The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information

  One of the all-time classics in experimental and cognitive psychology.

• Human Factors & Ergonomics

  Check the Information Access and User Interfaces Division.

• Lauren Scharff, Stephen F. Austin State University

  Research interests in the field of visual perception include topics related to binocular depth perception, visual search, and factors influencing readability of screen displays such as webpages.

• Cognitive Questions in Software Visualisation

  Software visualisation is nifty stuff; but is it the powerful cognitive tool it is often assumed to be?

Visualization Technology

• www.cyviz.com

  The world´s first stereo 3D converter that makes it possible to show real 3D using standard LCD projectors.

Bibliography

• Wileman, R. E. (1993). Visual Communicating. Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey: Educational Technology Publication.

• Lester, P. M. (2000). Visual Communication : Images with Messages. 2nd Edition, Wadsworth Publishing Company.

• Mitchell, W. J. & McCullough, M. (1995?). Digital Design Media. 2nd Edition, Wadsworth Publishing Company.

  Full on-line version...