Augmented Scale Models: Presenting Multivariate Data Around Physical Scale Models in Augmented Reality

Physical scale models have been used for numerous applications in a wide ranges of fields. In recent years, augmented reality technologies have been explored for combining physical scale models with abstract data visualisation but there are many under-explored design challenges for such systems. In this work, we investigated two design factors: 1) charts layout factors that determines the way multiple charts are presented per scale model, and 2) view arrangement factor that determines how multiple chart views are arrange in limited space around physical scale models.

The six techniques we evaluated in our user study.

More info can be found in our paper.

Acknowledgement

This study was co-funded by the department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Innovative Manufacturing CRC Ltd), and ASC Shipbuilding Pty. Ltd. (IMCRC/ASB/190720) in partnership with University of South Australia.