SCILS School of Communication, Information and Library Studies

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SCILSSchool of Communication, Information and
Library Studies
17 610 554 -- Information Visualization
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Worlds within worlds metaphors for exploring
n-dimensional virtual worldsBy S. Feiner and C.
Beshers

• Problem
• -- The need to manipulate and explore
  higher-dimensional financial data.
• Goal of research
• -- The development of interaction techniques
  and metaphors for the 4D and higher-dimensional
  worlds that the data represents.
• The n-vision testbed
• -- Input is provided by DataGlove, which uses a
  magnetic sensor to sense the 3D position and
  orientation of the user