Title :
The VIS-5D system for easy interactive visualization
Author :
Hibbard, Bill ; Santek, Dave
Author_Institution :
Space Sci. & Eng. Center, Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
The VIS-5D system provides highly interactive visual access to five-dimensional data sets containing up to 50 million data points. VIS-5D runs on the Stardent ST-1000 and ST-2000 workstations and generates animated three-dimensional graphics from gridded data sets in real time. It provides a widget-based user interface and fast visual response which allows scientists to interactively explore their data sets. VIS-5D generates literal and intuitive depictions of data, has user controls that are data oriented rather than graphics oriented, and provides a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) response. The result is a system that enables scientists to produce and direct their own animations
Keywords :
computer animation; flow visualisation; graphical user interfaces; ST-2000 workstations; Stardent ST-1000; VIS-5D system; WYSIWYG; animated three-dimensional graphics; fast visual response; five-dimensional data sets; interactive visualization; intuitive depictions; literal depictions; widget-based user interface; Animation; Atmospheric modeling; Data visualization; Earth; Graphics; Hydrology; Land surface temperature; Ocean temperature; Software tools; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1990. Visualization '90., Proceedings of the First IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2083-8
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1990.146361
