Archimedean Kaleidoscope: a cognitive tool to support thinking and reasoning about geometric solids

Authors:
Jim Morey;Kamran Sedig
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Cognitive Engineering Laboratory, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada;Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Cognitive Engineering Laboratory, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Venue:
Geometric modeling
Year:
2004

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Abstract

This chapter presents an interactive visualization tool, Archimedean Kaleidoscope (AK). AK is a cognitive-scaffold tool aimed at supporting users' cognitive activities while exploring and making sense of polyhedra visualizations. AK uses a three-dimensional kaleidoscopic metaphor to generate the visualizations. To aid users with their cognitive activities, AK produces the three-dimensional visualizations dynamically and provides a high level of interactivity with them. Additionally, the three-dimensional visuals are made metamorphic so as to help users investigate transitions and relationships among the different polyhedra.