Abstract
As physicalizations encode data in their physical 3D form, the orientation in which the user is viewing the physicalization may impact the way the information is perceived. However, this relation between user orientation and perception of physical properties is not well understood or studied. To investigate this relation, we conducted an experimental study with 20 participants who viewed 6 exemplars of physicalizations from 4 different perspectives. Our findings show that perception is directly influenced by user orientation as it affects (i) the number and type of clusters, (ii) anomalies and (iii) extreme values identified within a physicalization. Our results highlight the complexity and variability of the relation between user orientation and perception of physicalizations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450367080 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Publication series
Name | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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Keywords
- data physicalization
- physical visualization
- user orientation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Software
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Jason Alexander
- Department of Computer Science - Director of Research
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Bath Institute for the Augmented Human
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