The (possible) utility of stereoscopic 3D displays for information visualization: The good, the bad, and the ugly

2014 IEEE VIS International Workshop on 3DVis, 3DVis 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  McIntire, John P ^a   Liggett, Kristen K ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D displays; depth cue combination; depth perception; human computer interaction; Human centered computing; multidimensional views; spatial visualizations; Stereoscopic displays; visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISPLAY DEVICES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; VISUALIZATION;

3-D DISPLAYS; DEPTH CUE; HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIEW; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84945131595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/3DVis.2014.7160093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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