IVORY-an object-oriented framework for physics-based information visualization in Java

Author

Sprenger, T.C. ; Gross, M.H. ; Bielser, D. ; Strasser, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

1998

fDate

19-20 Oct 1998

Firstpage

79

Abstract

We present IVORY a newly developed, platform-independent framework for physics based visualization. IVORY is especially designed for information visualization applications and multidimensional graph layout. It is fully implemented in Java 1.1 and its architecture features client server setup, which allows us to run the visualization even on thin clients. In addition, VRML 2.0 exports can be viewed by any VRML plugged-in WWW browser. Individual visual metaphors are invoked into IVORY via an advanced plug-in mechanism, where plug-ins can be implemented by any experienced user. The configuration of IVORY is accomplished using a script language, called IVML. Some interactive visualization examples, such as the integration of a haptic interface illustrate the performance and versatility of our system. Our current implementation supports NT 4.0

Keywords

Java; client-server systems; data visualisation; interactive systems; physics computing; virtual reality languages; IVML; IVORY; Java; NT 4; VRML 2 exports; VRML plugged-in WWW browser; advanced plug-in mechanism; client server setup; haptic interface; information visualization applications; interactive visualization examples; multidimensional graph layout; object oriented framework; physics based visualization; platform-independent framework; script language; thin clients; visual metaphors; Application software; Computer science; Data mining; Data visualization; Haptic interfaces; Java; Libraries; Multidimensional systems; Object oriented modeling; Plugs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualization, 1998. Proceedings. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Research Triangle, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9093-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFVIS.1998.729562

Filename

729562