Macroscope:Powers of Ten Thousand

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MacroscopePowers of Ten Thousand
Anusha Dandapani Mrinmayee
Kulkarni
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Introduction
How will you interactively browse a very large
display space?
- e.g., a street map of US

• Zoom
• Pan

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Traditional Zooming and Panning

• Visual Context is lost
• Tedious

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Macroscope Approach

• Zooming and Panning in multiple layers
• Translucent Layers
• Permits continuous browsing on a single image
• Underlying Concept Powers of Ten
• Interactive in nature

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Macroscope Approach
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Interactivity

• Conventional Scrolling Disorienting
• Macroscope Select layer use viewfinder

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Traditional Approach
Macroscopic Approach
Graphic display of a hierarchical file system
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Evaluation
Technique is effective for

• Sparse maps
• Variation in image resolution, color, formats

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HCI Other Metrics

• User Performance
• Learning Time
• Error Rate
• Retention over time
• User Satisfaction
• Scale
• Insight Factor