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Visualization Surfaces

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Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization

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Abstract

Large displays suitable for visualization applications are typically constructed from arrays of smaller ones. The physical and optical challenges of designing these assemblies are the first topic addressed here. The bandwidth and computation required to feed these collections exceed that of almost any single computer or graphics processor which leads to the second topic of processor arrays and interconnections for large displays. Finally we conclude with an overview of the atypical human factors to be considered when designing and evaluating interactions with large displays as they are applied to visualization tasks.

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    http://www.vicon.com/applications.

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    http://www.ascension-tech.com/realtime/RTflockofBIRDS.php.

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    Turner Whitted & Steven Drucker

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  1. School of Interactive Arts & Technology, Simon Fraser University, 102 Ave 250-13450, Surrey, V3T 0A3, British Columbia, Canada

    John Dill

  2. School of Computing, Informatics & Media, Centre for Visual Computing, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom

    Rae Earnshaw

  3. The Boeing Company, South Trenton Street, Seattle, 98124, Washington, USA

    David Kasik

  4. Bournemouth Media School, National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, BH12 5BB, Dorset, United Kingdom

    John Vince

  5. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle Boulevard 902, Richland, 99352, Washington, USA

    Pak Chung Wong

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Whitted, T., Drucker, S. (2012). Visualization Surfaces. In: Dill, J., Earnshaw, R., Kasik, D., Vince, J., Wong, P. (eds) Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2804-5_23

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