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Exploring Parallel Coordinates Plots in Virtual Reality

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Slawomir Konrad Tadeja,

Timoleon Kipouros, and

Per Ola KristenssonAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '19: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2019

Paper No.: LBW2617, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313068

Published: 02 May 2019 Publication History

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Parallel Coordinates Plots (PCP) are a widely used approach to interactively visualize and analyze multidimensional scientific data in a 2D environment. In this paper, we explore the use of Parallel Coordinates in an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) 3D visualization environment as a means to support the decision-making process in engineering design processes. We evaluate the potential of VR PCP using a formative qualitative study with seven participants. In a task involving 54 points with 29 dimensions per point, we found that participants were able to detect patterns in the dataset compared with a previously published study with two expert users using traditional 2D PCP, which acts as the gold standard for the dataset. The dataset describes the Pareto front for a three-objective aerodynamic design optimization study in turbomachinery.

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Index Terms

Exploring Parallel Coordinates Plots in Virtual Reality
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. Walkthrough evaluations
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
  2. Visualization
    1. Visualization application domains
      1. Information visualization
      2. Visual analytics

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