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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:12:04 -0400
From: "Nicholas F. Polys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [www-vrml] N_Polys Dissertation available!
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Greetings all~!
I am pleased to announce the public availability of my PhD dissertation in
Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction:
Display Techniques in Information-Rich Virtual Environments
Abstract
Across domains, researchers, engineers, and designers are faced with large
volumes of data that are heterogeneous in nature -
including spatial, abstract, and temporal information. There are numerous
design and technical challenges when considering the
unification, management, and presentation of these information types. Most
research and applications have focused on display
techniques for each of the information types individually, but much less in
known about how to represent the relationships between
information types. This research explores the perceptual and usability impacts
of data representations and layout algorithms for the
next-generation of integrated information spaces.
We propose Information-Rich Virtual Environments (IRVEs) as a solution to
challenges of integrated information spaces. In this
presentation, we will demonstrate the application requirements and foundational
technology of IRVEs and articulate crucial tradeoffs
in IRVE information design. We will present a design space and evaluation
methodology to explore the usability effects of these
tradeoffs. Experimental results will be presented for a series of empirical
usability evaluations that increase our understanding of
how these tradeoffs can be resolved to improve user performance. Finally, we
interpret the results though the models of Information
Theory and Human Information Processing to derive new conclusions regarding the
role of perceptual cues in determining user
performance in IRVEs. These lessons are posed as a set of design guidelines to
aid developers of new IRVE interfaces and
specifications.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06152006-024611/
There are also some supporting documents including videos of the annotation
layout techniques that I developed and tested.
enjoy with best regards,
_nicholas polys
Media Amoeba & Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science &
Center for Human Computer Interaction
Virginia Tech
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