GVU Technical Report Number:
GIT-GVU-92-20
Title:
Three-Dimensional Computation Visualization
Authors:
John T. Stasko
Abstract:
Systems supporting the visualization and animation of
algorithms, programs, and computations have focused primarily on
two-dimensional graphics to date. In this paper we identify the
need for three-dimensional graphics in these types of displays, and
we describe how 3D imagery best can be used for visualizing
computations. We also introduce an animation toolkit that supports
simplified development of 3D computation visualizations. A few
examples of computation visualizations created with the toolkit are
described and included. Our methodology, although specifically
applied to computation visualization, is general-purpose and can be
used to build a variety of 3D information visualizations and
animations.
Keywords:
Information visualization, 3D computer graphics, program
visualization, algorithm information, software understanding
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