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Preattentive visualization of information relevance

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Matthias Deller,

Michael Bender,

Henning BarthelAuthors Info & Claims

HCM '07: Proceedings of the international workshop on Human-centered multimedia

Pages 47 - 56

https://doi.org/10.1145/1290128.1290137

Published: 28 September 2007 Publication History

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When presenting complex, multidimensional data to users, emphasis of relevant information plays an important role. Especially when data is arranged according to several criteria, the simultaneous use of multiple visualization metaphors frequently results in information overload and unintuitive visualizations. In this paper, we present a comparison of preattentive visual features specifically for highlighting relevance of data extracted from electronic documents in an information-rich virtual environment. Several visual cues were evaluated with regard to their effectivity, comprehensibility and influence on other visualized features. At the same time we introduce two innovative data handling techniques to achieve practical applicability of our system: An intuitive way to reduce visual cluttering of information by filtering information based on its visual depth and a way to efficiently utilize visualizations of different dimensions - dimensional congruence.

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Preattentive visualization of information relevance
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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