Incorporating D3.js information visualization into immersive virtual environments

Author

Griffin, Wesley ; Catacora, Danny ; Satterfield, Steven ; Bullard, Jeffrey ; Terrill, Judith

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

23-27 March 2015

Firstpage

187

Lastpage

188

Abstract

We have created an integrated interactive visualization and analysis environment that can be used immersively or on the desktop to study a simulation of microstructure development during hydration or degradation of cement pastes and concrete. Our environment combines traditional 3D scientific data visualization with 2D information visualization using D3.js running in a web browser. By incorporating D3.js, our visualization allowed the scientist to quickly diagnose and debug errors in the parallel implementation of the simulation.

Keywords

cements (building materials); concrete; data analysis; data visualisation; digital simulation; materials science computing; online front-ends; solvation; virtual reality; 2D information visualization; 3D scientific data visualization; D3.js information visualization; Web browser; cement paste degradation; concrete; desktop; error debugging; error diagnosis; hydration; immersive virtual environments; integrated interactive visualization and analysis environment; microstructure development simulation; Concrete; Data visualization; Electronic mail; Iris; Prototypes; Solid modeling; Three-dimensional displays; d3.js; immersive virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality (VR), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Arles

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2015.7223358

Filename

7223358