Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2015

Abstract

Data surrounds each and every one of us in our daily lives, ranging from exercise logs, to archives of our interactions with others on social media, to online resources pertaining to our hobbies. There is enormous potential for us to use these data to understand ourselves better and make positive changes in our lives. Visualization (Vis) and visual analytics (VA) offer substantial opportunities to help individuals gain insights about themselves, their communities and their interests; however, designing tools to support data analysis in non-professional life brings a unique set of research and design challenges. We investigate the requirements and research directions required to take full advantage of Vis and VA in a personal context. We develop a taxonomy of design dimensions to provide a coherent vocabulary for discussing personal visualization and personal visual analytics. By identifying and exploring clusters in the design space, we discuss challenges and share perspectives on future research. This work brings together research that was previously scattered across disciplines. Our goal is to call research attention to this space and engage researchers to explore the enabling techniques and technology that will support people to better understand data relevant to their personal lives, interests, and needs.

Keywords

interaction design, Mobile and ubiquitous visualization, personal context, Taxonomy

Discipline

Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volume

21

Issue

3

First Page

420

Last Page

433

ISSN

1077-2626

Identifier

10.1109/TVCG.2014.2359887

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2014.2359887

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