Opportunities and Challenges for Data Physicalization
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- 18 April 2015
- conference paper
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 3227-3236
Abstract
Physical representations of data have existed for thousands of years. Yet it is now that advances in digital fabrication, actuated tangible interfaces, and shape-changing displays are spurring an emerging area of research that we call Data Physicalization. It aims to help people explore, understand, and communicate data using computer-supported physical data representations. We call these representations physicalizations, analogously to visualizations -- their purely visual counterpart. In this article, we go beyond the focused research questions addressed so far by delineating the research area, synthesizing its open challenges and laying out a research agenda.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Commission - FET Open Scheme (309191)
- Danish Council for Strategic Research (10-092316)
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