Tangible Globes for Data Visualisation in Augmented Reality

Authors. Kadek Satriadi, Jim Smiley, Barrett Ens, Maxime Cordeil, Tobias Czauderna, Benjamin Lee, Ying Yang, Tim Dwyer, Bernhard Jenny

Venue. CHI (2022) Full Paper

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Abstract. Head-mounted augmented reality (AR) displays allow for the seamless integration of virtual visualisation with contextual tangible references, such as physical (tangible) globes. We explore the design of immersive geospatial data visualisation with AR and tangible globes. We investigate the “tangible-virtual interplay” of tangible globes with virtual data visualisation, and propose a conceptual approach for designing immersive geospatial globes. We demonstrate a set of use cases, such as augmenting a tangible globe with virtual overlays, using a physical globe as a tangible input device for interacting with virtual globes and maps, and linking an augmented globe to an abstract data visualisation. We gathered qualitative feedback from experts about our use case visualisations, and compiled a summary of key takeaways as well as ideas for envisioned future improvements. The proposed design space, example visualisations and lessons learned aim to guide the design of tangible globes for data visualisation in AR.

@inproceedings{10.1145/3491102.3517715,
    title        = {Tangible Globes for Data Visualisation in Augmented Reality},
    author       = {Satriadi, Kadek Ananta and Smiley, Jim and Ens, Barrett and Cordeil, Maxime and Czauderna, Tobias and Lee, Benjamin and Yang, Ying and Dwyer, Tim and Jenny, Bernhard},
    year         = {2022},
    booktitle    = {Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
    publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery},
    series       = {CHI '22},
    doi          = {10.1145/3491102.3517715},
    url          = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517715},
    abstract     = {Head-mounted augmented reality (AR) displays allow for the seamless integration of virtual visualisation with contextual tangible references, such as physical (tangible) globes. We explore the design of immersive geospatial data visualisation with AR and tangible globes. We investigate the ``tangible-virtual interplay'' of tangible globes with virtual data visualisation, and propose a conceptual approach for designing immersive geospatial globes. We demonstrate a set of use cases, such as augmenting a tangible globe with virtual overlays, using a physical globe as a tangible input device for interacting with virtual globes and maps, and linking an augmented globe to an abstract data visualisation. We gathered qualitative feedback from experts about our use case visualisations, and compiled a summary of key takeaways as well as ideas for envisioned future improvements. The proposed design space, example visualisations and lessons learned aim to guide the design of tangible globes for data visualisation in AR.},
    articleno    = {505},
    numpages     = {16},
    keywords     = {immersive analytics, augmented reality, geographic visualisation, tangible user interface}
}