2024 | Nathalie Bressa, Jordan Louis, Wesley Willett, Samuel Huron
The paper "Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations" by Nathalie Bressa, Jordan Louis, Wesley Willett, and Samuel Huron explores the concept of input visualizations, which are visual representations designed to collect and modify new data rather than encode existing datasets. The authors examine 50 examples of input visualizations from various domains, including research, journalism, art, personal projects, and commercial products. They analyze these examples based on their visual representation, data, artifact, context, and input, identifying seven input modalities and seven purposes for input visualizations. The modalities include manipulating tokens, interacting with controls, authoring words, drawing marks, forming materials, and interacting with the body. The purposes are categorized into individual reflection, public group reflection, public activity documentation, data discussion, survey, planning, and organizing. The paper discusses the implications of input visualizations for traditional visualization design and suggests opportunities for future research to better understand and utilize these visual representations.The paper "Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations" by Nathalie Bressa, Jordan Louis, Wesley Willett, and Samuel Huron explores the concept of input visualizations, which are visual representations designed to collect and modify new data rather than encode existing datasets. The authors examine 50 examples of input visualizations from various domains, including research, journalism, art, personal projects, and commercial products. They analyze these examples based on their visual representation, data, artifact, context, and input, identifying seven input modalities and seven purposes for input visualizations. The modalities include manipulating tokens, interacting with controls, authoring words, drawing marks, forming materials, and interacting with the body. The purposes are categorized into individual reflection, public group reflection, public activity documentation, data discussion, survey, planning, and organizing. The paper discusses the implications of input visualizations for traditional visualization design and suggests opportunities for future research to better understand and utilize these visual representations.