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Journal of Graphics ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 496-503.DOI: 10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2022030496

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Immersive WYTIWYG network visual analytics method

  

  1. 1. School of Computer Technology and Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang Sichuan 621000, China;
    2. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong Sichuan 643000, China
  • Online:2022-06-30 Published:2022-06-28
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (61802320, 61872304); Ph.D Research Startup Foundation of Southwest University of
    Science and Technology (19zx7144); The Special fund project of Quality Education Reform (Youth Development Research) of
    Southwest University of Science and Technology (20szjg17)

Abstract:

Immersive network visualization possesses natural advantages in terms of spatial immersion, user engagement, and multi-dimensional perception. Inspired by users’ interaction with real-world objects, this paper proposed an immersive network visual analytics method to excavate network characteristics and association patterns based on the concept of What You Touch is What You Get (WYTIWYG). Firstly, a gesture comfort evaluation model was proposed to guide the design of gesture action, and a window state model was introduced to optimize the stability of gesture recognition. In addition, based on the binding of network analysis interaction requirements with gesture semantics, an immersive network gesture interaction paradigm was proposed. Similar to how interactions are grasped in the real world, users can employ natural interactive gestures to perform operations such as moving, highlighting, layout dimension transformation, and edge bundling in an immersive environment. Finally, case studies can verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Key words:  immersive graph, WYTIWYG, gesture comfort model, interaction paradigm, network layout

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