A Framework for Constructing Coordinated Multiple 3D Visualizations on Excel
Masahiko Itoh, Yuzuru Tanaka · 2009
The aim of our research is to provide an application framework for end-users, who do not have enough programming skills, to dynamically generate applications using interactive, coordinated, multiple 3D visualization techniques. In our framework, each 3D application for visualization is constructed by users themselves or already exists, and consists of sets of interactive 3D components. Users can embed such 3D applications into cells on Excel, and define the coordination between them. To define coordination, we provide interactive 2D/3D components and coordination rules that enable users to use operations for coordination such as brushing and linking, retrieving related or detailed information one after another, synchronizing viewpoints between 3D visualizations, and sharing table values between 3D components for visualizations and cells on Excel.