Interaction Techniques for Exploratory Data Visualization on Mobile Devices
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2024
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
The ubiquity and on-the-go availability of mobile devices makes them central to many tasks such as interpersonal communication and media consumption. However, despite the potential of mobile devices for on-demand exploratory data visualization, existing mobile interactions are difficult, often using highly custom interactions, complex gestures, or multi-modal input. We synthesize limitations from the literature and outline four motivating principles for improved mobile interaction: leverage ubiquitous modalities, prioritize discoverability, enable rapid in-context data exploration, and promote graceful recovery. We then contribute thirteen interaction candidates and conduct a formative study with twelve participants who experienced our interactions in a testbed prototype. Based on these interviews, we discuss design considerations and tradeoffs from four main themes: precise and rapid inspection, focused navigation, single-touch and fixed orientation interaction, and judicious use of motion.
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CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing → Interaction design; Mobile devices; Touch screens; Information visualization
@inproceedings{10.2312:evs.20241057,
booktitle = {EuroVis 2024 - Short Papers},
editor = {Tominski, Christian and Waldner, Manuela and Wang, Bei},
title = {{Interaction Techniques for Exploratory Data Visualization on Mobile Devices}},
author = {Snyder, Luke S. and Rossi, Ryan A. and Koh, Eunyee and Heer, Jeffrey and Hoffswell, Jane},
year = {2024},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-251-6},
DOI = {10.2312/evs.20241057}
}