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Information visualisation utilising 3D computer game engines case study: a source code comprehension tool

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Hosking, John Wuensche, Burkhard Kot, Blazej Grundy, John
Abstract	Information visualisation applications have been facing ever-increasing demands as the amount of available information has increased exponentially. With this, the number and complexity of visualisation tools for analysing and exploring data has also increased dramatically, making development and evolution of these systems difficult. We describe an investigation into reusing technology developed for computer games to create collaborative information visualisation tools. A framework for using game engines for information visualisation is presented together with an analysis of how the capabilities and constraints of a game engine influence the mapping of data into graphical representations and the interaction with it. Based on this research a source code comprehension tool was implemented using the Quake 3 computer game engine. It was found that game engines can be a good basis for an information visualisation tool, provided that the visualisations and interactions required meet certain criteria, mainly that the visualisation can be represented in terms of a limited number of discrete, interactive, and physical entities placed in a static 3-dimensional world of limited size.
Starting Page	53
Ending Page	60
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1595930361
DOI	10.1145/1073943.1073954
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2005-07-07
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Information visualisation Human-computer interaction Collaborative visualisation Software visualisation Game engines
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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