Evaluating 3-dimensional information visualizaton designs

A number of three-dimensional information visualization designs have been invented during the last years. However, comparisons of such designs have been scarce, making it difficult for application developers to select a suitable design. This paper reports on a case study where three existing visualization designs have been implemented and evaluated. We found that the three visualization designs have inherent problems when used for visualizing different data sets, and that certain tasks can not be supported by the designs. We propose a multi-visualization view to overcome these problems. Finally, the paper also introduces heuristics for selecting information visualization designsGodkänd; 1998; 20080524 (ysko)