Assisting end-users in understanding and programming simulations

We live in a media-rich environment. Today´s technology user is accustomed to visual, interactive content but faced with challenges for authoring such content. The divide between the user and the creator grows with the greater complexity of the media. We seek to enable end-users to develop their own virtual environments through end-user programming. In particular, we are interested in helping American football coaches create digital playbooks with animated content. Such an environment requires the presentation of a large amount of information. This information can be associated with virtual agents, spatial locations, particular play formations, etc. We are currently focusing on assistive visualization techniques for both the programming and presentation of the strategy information.