Exploring Parallel Coordinates Plots in Virtual Reality

Parallel Coordinates Plots (PCP) are a widely used approach to interactively visualize and analyze multidimensional scientific data in a 2D environment. In this paper, we explore the use of Parallel Coordinates in an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) 3D visualization environment as a means to support the decision-making process in engineering design processes. We evaluate the potential of VR PCP using a formative qualitative study with seven participants. In a task involving 54 points with 29 dimensions per point, we found that participants were able to detect patterns in the dataset compared with a previously published study with two expert users using traditional 2D PCP, which acts as the gold standard for the dataset. The dataset describes the Pareto front for a three-objective aerodynamic design optimization study in turbomachinery.

Keywords

46 Information and Computing Sciences, 4607 Graphics, Augmented Reality and Games, 33 Built Environment and Design, 3303 Design, Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD)

Journal Title

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Conference Name

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313068

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EPSRC (1788814)

Cambridge European & Trinity Hall Scholarship

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