InfoShape: high-level views of multidimensional information

  • Authors:
  • Jie Hao;Kang Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX;The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2011 Visual Information Communication - International Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Multidimensional visualization, which creates visual presentations for datasets of multiple variables, helps users to gain an insight of represented information from different perspectives. This paper presents a multidimensional information visualization technique called InfoShape that represents multidimensional information as a 3D sphere whose appearance denotes how much the provided information satisfies a pre-defined set of criteria. By comparing spheres representing different multiple information sets, overall content similarities and differences can be quickly captured at a glance by viewers. The InfoShape concept has been evaluated with a case analysis and an empirical study.