Smartphones take our holiday pictures, send a reminder of upcoming appointments, and help us find the way to a meeting point. Cars are learning to see, computer generated images entertain us in cinemas and video games, and we view new products online in 3D before purchase.
As part of IEEE VIS 2015 the SFB-TRR 161 co-organized the first workshop on eye tracking and visualization to bring together researchers from visualization, experimental psychology, and human computer interaction. With over 60 participants the workshop was very well attended and the afternoon meet-up extended the discussions.
Individuals, companies, organizations, and governments deal with information and data on a daily basis, in professional and private contexts. One of our great challenges is to extract the relevant information from ever increasing amounts of data produced by sensors, simulation, or as output from databases and information systems. Visual presentation is one of the key elements in extracting and communicating information. With this Visual Computing BLOG, we want to discuss fundamental questions of visual computing and the latest research developments.