A Pen-Based Tool for Visualizing Vector Mathematics

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2010
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The Eurographics Association
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We present VectorPad, a novel, pen-based application for three-dimensional vector mathematics visualization. VectorPad allows users to define vectors and perform mathematical operations on them through the recognition of handwritten mathematics. The user interface consists of a sketching area, where the user can write vector definitions and operations such as addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, and cross product, and a 3D graph for visualization. Vectors are visualized dynamically on the graph, which can be manipulated by the user. We also performed a short, informal user study evaluating the user interface and visualizations of VectorPad. Results from the study show that visualizations were generally well liked but the application needs to provide a more comprehensive set of visualization tools as well as refinement to some of the animations.
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@inproceedings{
:10.2312/SBM/SBM10/103-110
, booktitle = {
Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling
}, editor = {
Marc Alexa and Ellen Yi-Luen Do
}, title = {{
A Pen-Based Tool for Visualizing Vector Mathematics
}}, author = {
Bott, Jared N.
and
Jr., Joseph J. LaViola
}, year = {
2010
}, publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
}, ISSN = {
1812-3503
}, ISBN = {
978-3-905674-25-5
}, DOI = {
/10.2312/SBM/SBM10/103-110
} }
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