Input visualization

About

We examine input visualizations, visual representations that are designed to collect (and represent) new data rather than encode preexisting datasets. Information visualization is commonly used to reveal insights and stories within existing data. As a result, most contemporary visualization approaches assume existing datasets as the starting point for design, through which that data is mapped to visual encodings. Meanwhile, the implications of visualizations as inputs and as data sources have received little attention—despite the existence of visual and physical examples stretching back centuries. In this paper, we present a design space of 50 input visualizations analyzing their visual representation, data, artifact, context, and input. Based on this, we identify input modalities, purposes of input visualizations, and a set of design considerations. Finally, we discuss the relationship between input visualization and traditional visualization design and suggest opportunities for future research to better understand these visual representations and their potential.
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Videos

Video teaser (30 seconds)

Full Talk (12 minutes)

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

All supplemental material is available on OSF input visualization

Presentation of examples (50 slides) https://osf.io/7jbp9

Design space table https://osf.io/tu9fc

Figure on the purposes of input visualizations https://osf.io/pw63f

Figure on the process of producing the design space https://osf.io/mavx4

Figure on the input modalities https://osf.io/3x4uj

And all the process documentation files https://osf.io/bw3gp/

HOW TO CITE

APA	Bressa, N., Louis, J., Willett, W., & Huron, S. (2024, May). Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations. In The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
ISO 690	BRESSA, Nathalie, LOUIS, Jordan, WILLETT, Wesley, et al. Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations. In : The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2024.
MLA	Bressa, Nathalie, et al. "Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations." The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2024.
BIBTEX	@inproceedings{bressa2024input, title={Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations}, author={Bressa, Nathalie and Louis, Jordan and Willett, Wesley and Huron, Samuel}, booktitle={The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, year={2024} }.

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